World Cup fans tuned into England's semi-final clash with Croatia on Wednesday- but the dream of lifting the Jules Rimet trophy for the second time was not to be.

Judges said Middle England by Jonathan Coe (pictured) - described as a story of nostalgia and delusion - was 'the perfect novel for now'.

Gareth Southgate's England are 5/1 favourites to win Euro 2020 after being paired with Croatia and Czech Republic in Saturday's draw.

CLAIRE BLOOMFIELD IN PARIS: Lyon defender Lucy Bronze has insisted she has her heart set on winning a major tournament with England, not a Ballon d'Or, after finishing second.

West Bromwich Albion are still waiting for Barcelona to pay up the £230,000 owed for teenage star Louie Barry - and are planning to raise the issue with FIFA.

ADAM SHERGOLD: England memorably won the Under-17 World Cup back in 2017. Some members of that team have already shot to stardom. We take a look at what happened to them.

England stars at all levels are set to battle it out in a FIFA 20 tournament to raise awareness for the National Emergencies Trust amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Gareth Southgate has been warned that England could have to play three matches in two-week international breaks next season as part of FIFA's plan to revive the global calendar.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: For Rex Hunt, Thursday, April 1, 1982 began like any other day. It was a lovely, bright morning, but in his sprawling Victorian house in the little town of Stanley, Falkland Islands.

Residents in two adjacent apartment buildings in Redcliffe, north of Brisbane, simultaneously cheered for all medical services staff around the country.

Details of a horrific child abduction were revealed in a Queensland judgment overturning a sentence potentially allowing predator Sterling Mervyn Free to walk free on parole in less than two years.

The 75-year-old politician told Daily Mail Australia the region would be easy to isolate and said doing so could save the lives of a million vulnerable Australians.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is ramping up Queensland's coronavirus crackdown as people continue to ignore the ban on non-essential travel.

Brisbane mother-of-three Violet, has been forced to provide for her family after her husband lost his job and was heartbroken to hear her rent would not be reduced.

Emergency services were called to Sunnybank Hills in outer Brisbane about 9pm on Monday following reports a man was pouring fuel over himself and a house.

Christopher Lee Burns was seen reading the Bible loudly and aggressively by police on February 12 in Maryborough, Queensland before punching another man later that day.

Redland City Mayor Karen Williams wants the state government to stop people from changing their driver's licence address to North Stradbroke Island after 300 applications were made in just over a week.

Queensland couple Sam Henningsen and Julie Guillet say they were forced to move apartments after a rental dispute with their landlord ended with them having to barricade their doors.

Kerry Sheaff owns the store in Brighton in northern Brisbane that has been running low on supply amid the outbreak of coronavirus.

Families from the Early Birds Jimboomba Education and Childcare, south of Brisbane have been informed after the patient attended the centre unaware they had the virus.

Ms Grace spoke on Brisbane's Hit105 radio on Tuesday morning and said the annual party will be subject to the advice of experts closer to the date.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Fowler has the necessary coaching qualifications, but every attempt to find work in England was rebuffed. He applied for four League One jobs but was never interviewed.

A 62-year-old man and a 58-year-old woman allegedly had their phones and green Toyota Camry stolen by four teenagers on Saturday morning at their home in Rangeville, Queensland.

A mother and son were 'absolutely sickened' to discover two mother kangaroos shot dead next to a dirt road - along with a surviving joey that had been left for dead.

Nicholas John Crilley, who took pleasure as he systematically raped and burned the woman during three weeks of drug-induced violence, has been handed seven life sentences.

Queensland woman Bianca Saez, 27, was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome when she was just three years old after she began punching and scratching herself and her loved ones.

Homeless fruit picker Robert Paul Long received a life sentence with a 20-year non-parole period after starting a fire in the Childers Palace Backpackers hostel north of Brisbane in June 2000.

Montana Brown is terrified more Love Island stars will take their own lives as she admits that all her friends from the show suffer with anxiety or depression.

Love Island Australia's Anna McEvoy has spoken candidly about how she's overcoming feelings of depression and anxiety while self-isolating during the coronavirus pandemic.

Christie Brinkley proved she was a cool mom when she joined her kids Sailor, 22, and Jack, 24, at Disneyland on Sunday.

Love Island's Curtis Pritchard will not return to Dancing With The Stars.

The former scientist, 23, has revealed she's signed up to compete in next year's edition of Dancing With The Stars.

The Dublin- born beauty, 23, performed a Viennese waltz with her partner Stephen Vincent to Taylor Swift's hit track Lover, but the judges weren't won over by her moves.

The former Big Brother star, 41, is paired with professional dancer Kai Widdrington for the show's switch-up episode on Saturday.

Love Island forgot one of the golden rules of television, and life in fact. Never tell the British public who to like - who they should like or even who they do like - and certainly not who to vote for.

David Cameron angered the Queen yesterday after boasting in a TV documentary to promote his memoirs that he leaned on her to intervene in the Scottish independence referendum.

JANE FRYER: The sky is grey, the temperature falling and the wind is whipping into a bitter swirl as I stand, in a snug-fitting wetsuit, on what was a swathe of old farmland just outside Bristol.

EXCLUSIVE: For David 'Spotty' Rowland, a visit to Balmoral to meet the Queen in the summer of 2010 marked the peak of his social ascent.

The pair looked every inch the happy couple as they attended the 21st annual Warner Bros. and InStyle Golden Globes afterparty in Los Angeles on Sunday.

She's got one final season of Homeland to promote.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has begged Poland for forgiveness on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War at a service in Weilun, Poland.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence pledged Sunday that America will not abandon its allies, as he spoke at a WWII memorial in Poland and met in Warsaw with Ukraine's newly-installed president, Volodymyr Zelensky.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence proclaimed Monday in Poland 'Moscow seeks to divide our alliance' but Vladimir Putin's efforts 'will fail,' because the NATO alliance remains strong.

Disgusted Sanders supporter Yolanda Gonzalez, pictured, screamed 'lock her up' at the Philadelphia convention as party leaders preached party unity.

The 31-year-old pop singer belted out her hits Roar and Rise to a packed audience including her 39-year-old hunky Lord of the Rings star at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday

The 31-year-old pop star's doting actor boyfriend had been spotted videotaping her from the audience during the Democratic convention on Thursday evening.

Viewers have accused Celebrity Big Brother of copying rival Love Island's set for the forthcoming series. A Channel 5 released trailer has attracted criticism for its matching house features.

The soapstar, 35, has reportedly left a Celebrity Island Whatsapp group after she became uncomfortable reading conversations about her disastrous Celebrity Big Brother appearance.

Natalie Nunn has touched down in London to face the music after she was accused of having a threesome with Dan Osborne and Chloe Ayling last year.

The ballroom dancer, 23, appeared elated to have met the famous American actor, as he flashed a beaming smile while posing with his arm around the star.