'There were a lot of mines around [the pitch]', says the former captain of Obolon Kyiv's second team. 'Even now we are still afraid to kick the ball over the fence.' Kostja Kovalenko describes the reality of life at the team's training ground before their first match in Ukraine's second tier, as the Guardian visits the outskirts of Bucha, a war-torn suburb of the capital.
A paedophile has been jailed after police caught him raping in a 12-year-old girl in his car.
North Korea has claimed its newly launched military surveillance satellite has taken photos of a British aircraft carrier as well as US Navy vessels, the White House and the Pentagon.
Even as some Tories are getting real about the issue, Labour is doubling down. It could try just being honest with the public, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
The actress stepping out of her fashion comfort zone by trying one of the most controversial trends of the year, and we love to see it.
Camilla was happy that "somebody was standing up to Meghan’s claims."
Movie star Jennifer Lawrence has denied having had plastic surgery.
Fans voiced concern after Ballas said she would have saved Angela Scanlon over the Bad Education star in Sunday night's dance off
Here's what Layton had to say after landing in the dance-off for the first time.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are an “impatient” couple who “ran hot” while negotiating their exit from the Royal family, biographer Omid Scobie has said as he attempts to distance himself from the label of “Meg’s pal”.
An elderly woman has been threatened with a fine for feeding birds in her back garden.
A Yorkshire town’s major warned senior police chiefs that residents feel ‘ruled by fear’ due to a lack of officers to deal with a spike in crime.
Lidl has issued a product recall and a "do not eat" warning for this Braemoor product due to "potential presence of salmonella."
A Ukrainian drone has struck a Russian aircraft factory more than 200 miles behind enemy lines.
Omid Scobie's bombshell new royal biography, Endgame, is published today and counters previous bullying allegations made against the Sussexes by staff
Tesco is recalling a variety of Growers Harvest Garden Peas as they could be contaminated with an unknown type of berry.
The warning for ‘hazardous conditions’ is due to last until 11am on Thursday
Brits across the UK have shared their experience with a 'brutal' new flu causing sufferers to experience blocked sinuses, headaches and fatigue.
Moscow has encountered several complications since India insisted on paying for Russian oil in rupees rather than dollars.
When you think about it, Christmas dinner is an absurd idea. Make a list of all the various elements that make up the whole soup-to-nuts affair – from the cocktails and canapes to the 35 parts of the dinner itself, followed by everything required for the inevitable spread of puds – and you start to realise just how much of a task we set ourselves every year. Every dish seems to require a new pan or a much coveted slot in the oven. And that’s before Aunty Shirley arrives with her mini Yorkshire p
How charming of Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to tweet of his “enormous joy and relief” that nine-year-old Irish-Israeli girl Emily Hand has been reunited with her family. “An innocent child who was lost has now been found and returned, and we breathe a massive sigh of relief. Our prayers have been answered.”
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