The Taliban has said it shot down an America military plane over territory it controls in Afghanistan, after footage emerged showing wreckage with a US Air Force logo clearly visible on the side.

Mark R. Frerichs, 57, was kidnapped while working in Afghanistan's southeastern province of Khost last Friday.

Dame Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan hit the red carpet on Monday night for the London premiere of Military Wives.

Danny Holland, 29, from Wrexham in North Wales, left Meghan Markle teary-eyed after he popped the question to girlfriend Lauren Price, 24, at the Endeavour Fund Awards in London on Thursday.

Joan Glen, 61, from Cheshire, who served as a nurse in Afghanistan in 2007 is now doing gruelling 12-hour shifts in full PPE equipment as a theatre nurse treating Covid-19 patients.

Lithuania's capital city Vilnius is turning into a massive outdoor cafe. The city has offered 18 locations where cafes and restaurants can lay extra tables in a bid to keep the businesses alive.

AMANDA PLATELL: One week ago, Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, 13, was at home with his mum, six brothers and sisters, doing what we're all doing, watching TV, isolating at home.

AMANDA PLATELL: We have always been a nation of curtain twitchers. But, who'd have thought nearly 200,000 people would report their neighbours for breaking lockdown rules?

Froome had been treated at the University Hospital of St Etienne, where he underwent a six-hour operation to repair a fractured right femur, broken hip, fractured elbow and fractured ribs.

Geraint Thomas took back control of the Tour de France on Thursday, with a surge of power taking him clear of his main rivals on the backbreaking finish to stage six in the Vosges mountains.

MATT LAWTON IN BAGNERES-DE-BIGORRE: The race for the big prize might have failed to ignite here on the first day in the Pyrenees but there was no shortage of fireworks

The most successful cyclist in history, Eddy Merckx, is in intensive care after falling during a bike ride with friends. He was admitted to Dendermonde hospital in Belgium on Sunday.

It's not every day an international luxury car company holds the global launch of its latest model in Britain — and brings over its top brass to do the honours.

Start queuing for the Dacia Sandero - it’s Britain’s cheapest car at less than £6,000. Renault bought the Romanian car-maker in 1999 as its ‘budget’ brand and the UK market is the final piece of the jigsaw.

The British car maker is marking its big day with a striking display of its heritage and future technology, proving that although it's 65, the car won't be pensioned off.

Amazing to think that Toyota is celebrating its 50th anniversary of sales in Britain.

Camila Cabello cancelled her performance on Taylor Swift’s Reputation tour after being hospitalized following the 2018 Billboard Music Awards, where she won the Chart Achievement accolade.

There are many legal ways to dodge the dreaded 40 per cent 'death tax' if you want to pass on the maximum sum possible and are prepared to plan ahead.

I have been contacted by a genealogy company which says a member of my family from my dad's side passed away in 2016 leaving no will. Lawyer Vicky Tassell, pictured right, of Nockolds, replies.

Thousands of families are being forced to complete complicated paperwork to report the value of a loved one's estate to the taxman when they die - even when there is no inheritance tax to pay.

nheritance tax at 40 per cent should be ditched and replaced with a 10 per cent tax on annual gifts of £30,000-plus and a new death allowance, says a report by MPs.

Proposed changes to inheritance tax could make it more costly to help children onto the housing ladder, with a proposed 10% tax levied on sums above £30,000 given away each year.

We separated 20 years ago. I am about to inherit from an estate and have a small private pension and a full state pension. Can my wife claim on them? Lawyer Lisa Pepper, of Osbornes Law, replies.

The eight mini episodes will be released on ITV Hub minutes after the main show ends, to showcase some of the more bizarre and wacky acts who auditioned for the show.

Britain's Got Talent will return to our TV screens on Saturday along bringing a new batch of contestants hoping to wow the judges with their skills.

In a new clip released ahead of the series' debut, at the Manchester auditions the panel could not bring themselves to look at the contestant

The new series, which was filmed earlier this year before the UK COVID-19 lockdown, sees St Anne's Gospel Choir from London kick off the auditions.

Britain's Got Talent will return to our TV screens on Saturday night for its highly anticipated 14 series.

Beth Porch, 25, who sings to child cancer patients at Great Ormond Street Hospital, joined a hopefuls at the series 17 auditions which were filmed earlier this year before the UK COVID-19 lockdown

In an exclusive clip from Saturday's show, the TV personality, 49, had her head in her hands as she stopped herself from watching Simon Cowell taking part in the act.

Saturday's BGT opening skit sees David greet Simon with a Union Jack car-boat causing the music mogul to swear, while the comedian later makes a remark about his recent weight loss.

The 99-year-old war veteran, who has raised £27million for the NHS during the coronavirus crisis is thought to be 'in talks' with show bosses for a special live performance when this series wraps up.

Contestant, Kevin Quantum, leaves the judging panel made up of David Walliams, Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon gobsmacked with his fiery stunt.

Judging by new images, Saturday's episode looks like it won't disappoint as an Elton John impersonator, West End star and daredevil are set to perform.

In an exclusive clip from Saturday's show, the act can be seen making a dramatic entrance to the stage dressed as a troupe of zombies, with their moves making Amanda Holden gasp: 'Wow!'

Amanda Holden has shed some new light on when the Britain's Got Talent live shows will take place, after the COVID-19 crisis halted production on the current series.

Nora Barton, 96, who has Alzheimer's will tonight fulfil her dream of singing at the London Palladium - becoming the oldest ever contestant on Britain's Got Talent to boot - to prove life isn't for being put on hold.

A Drag queen act wows the judges in Saturday's round of Britain's Got Talent auditions.

Saturday's Britain's Got Talent was an emotional one as Amanda Holden broke down in tears before awarding her golden buzzer to a mum and daughter duo amid the mum's cancer battle.

Britain's Got Talent fans have backed the oldest ever contestant Nora Barton, 96, who has Alzheimer's, as she thrilled the judges and viewers with her charming performance.

The war veteran is said to be planning to mark his centenary with hundreds of guests gathered in a marquee at his home in Bedfordshire.

The TV personality, 49, claims that bosses have told her to keep 'early autumn' free in the hopes filming can continue for the current series, which was postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak.

A junior choir who sing an original song in memory of the fallen war heroes wow the judges in Britain's Got Talent's next round of auditions, set to air on ITV on Saturday.

David Walliams has claimed he is going to sue his friend and fellow Britain's Got Talent judge Simon Cowell after he crashed a buggy while driving them to work.

Less than five patients were transferred from the city's Javits Center to hospital ship Comfort on Friday in New York City.

The country's top footballers have spoken out over the Premier League pay-cut row in an extraordinary statement criticising health secretary Matt Hancock

His overnight stay at a London NHS hospital, believed to be St Thomas' in Westminster, comes 10 days after he first tested positive for the infection and began self-isolating in his Number 11 flat.

Boris Johnson was dramatically admitted to hospital near Downing Street last night after doctors became concerned his symptoms have still not subsided 10 days from his positive test.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Norman Hunter, one of the iconic figures in British football, was on Friday being treated in hospital for coronavirus.

Greaves is now recovering at home in Essex with his wife Irene. The former striker, who has been in poor health since a severe stroke five years ago left him disabled, was taken to hospital last Tuesday.