New father Michael van Gerwen aims to defend his title as darts says goodbye to Phil Taylor at the 2018 PDC World Championship.

Tyson Fury targets Anthony Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn in an expletive rap to Eminem's 'Without Me' on social media.

The president loses two cases, and is forced to set up a corruption inquiry and pay legal fees.

Three-year-old Lia Pearson died after the fire - thought to have been a targeted attack - in Salford.

The White House said Omarosa Manigault Newman was off to "pursue other opportunities".

Adam Fleming explains we learned from the EU parliament vote on the Brexit deal.

Swedish convict John Ausonius goes on trial for killing a woman in Frankfurt.

An eatery believed to be run by a match official at Lazio's defeat to Torino faces fans' online anger.

Republican candidate Roy Moore suffered a shock defeat to Democrat Doug Jones in Alabama.

He walked off with the money after leaning on an unlocked door at Charles de Gaulle in Paris.

With her parents watching, this baby tries out snowboarding in Idaho for the first time.

Some of the contenders for the BBC's Sport's Personality of the Year 2017 try to guess the famous celebrity who tweeted about their achievements this year.

The US central bank has moved to increase interest rates for the third time this year.

"I don't think Roy Moore would have represented us at all," says one black voter of the Republican rival.

Theresa May is defeated over her Brexit plans despite last-minute efforts to prevent a Tory rebellion.

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale spare the Spanish champions' blushes after they come from 1-0 down to win 2-1 against Abu Dhabi's Al Jazira in the Club World Cup semi-final.

A photograph seen fleetingly on North Korea TV could show one of the country's earliest atomic weapons.

Accounts of slavery, torture and killings emerge from Nigerian migrants flown back from Libya.

Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome tells the BBC his legacy will not be tainted after returning an "adverse" drugs test at the Vuelta a Espana.

Britain's Chris Froome tells the BBC his legacy will not be tainted after returning an "adverse" drugs test, insisting "I certainly haven't broken any rules".

Campaigners say the life sentences are a sign that impunity for sexual violence is ending.