Shameless thugs set a library and foodbank ablaze, target middle eastern cafes and set fire to looted shops as anarchy descends in flashpoints across Liverpool, Hull, Manchester and Belfast – with more violence expected today

Another poll of Pennsylvania voters released on Tuesday showed Vice President Kamala Harris leading former President Donald Trump—after other polls showed a tightening race in the crucial swing state. Harris is poised to become the Democratic presidential nominee after President Joe Biden ended his campaign earlier in July. His withdrawal followed weeks of pressure from

US gymnastics superstar Simone Biles polished off a redemptive Paris Olympics campaign with a floor exercise silver on Monday, shrugging off a balance beam fall to finish runner-up to Brazilian Rebeca Andrade. Biles went into the final day of competition with a chance to push her tally of Paris gold to a record-setting five in

A Royal Navy chef lured his colleague into a warship's scullery before locking the door and sexually assaulting him, a court martial heard. Able Seaman Liam Pritchard told his victim, who he had already groped on another occasion, he wanted to meet, because he was suffering from a 'low mood'. The sailor, who remains anonymous