Criminals from new EU countries will head for UK, Brexit camp warns

Britain will open the doors to high levels of murderers, terrorists and kidnappers from countries like Turkey if it remains in the European Union, Leave campaigners have claimed.

Turkish membership will also put the NHS under huge strain, costing maternity services nearly £400m in 10 years, armed forces minister Penny Mordaunt warned.

But quitting the 28-member bloc would send prices in the shops rocketing and risk a spike in inflation, job losses and a plunging pound, leading high street bosses have claimed.

Brexit will add £120 a year to family shopping bill - PM

The cost of the weekly shop will rise by almost three per cent if Britain left the EU, David Cameron has said.

Writing in The Sun on Sunday, the Prime Minister claims a vote to leave would mean the average family shelling out an extra £120 a year on food and drink.

Clothes and shoes would also see a price hike of five per cent and he questioned whether the increases were "worth it".

Court case midwife slams RCM abortion stance

A midwife who was at the centre of a high-profile court case has called on colleagues to "forcefully refuse" to back the "horror" position adopted by their professional body to scrap the time limit for abortions.

Mary Doogan, from Glasgow, took a case to the UK's highest court over whether the right of ''conscientious objection'' to the procedure extended beyond participation in actual medical or surgical termination.

She has now criticised the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) after its chief executive Professor Cathy Warwick backed a campaign by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (Bpas) calling for abortion to be removed from criminal law.

Madonna in Prince tribute at Billboard music awards

Madonna will pay tribute to Prince at the Billboard Music Awards, despite calls for other artists to be involved in the homage.

Purple Rain star Prince, who died suddenly last month aged 57, will be honoured at the ceremony in Las Vegas, which marks one of the biggest nights on the US music calendar.

Adele leads the British charge with eight nominations, while David Bowie is up for a posthumous award for his album Blackstar.

One in 10 tormented by 60 nuisance calls a month, research reveals

Nuisance calls make up 40 per cent of phone calls, a new report has found.

One in 10 people that were part of research by consumer affairs organisation Which? and call-blocking firm TrueCall received more than 60 nuisance calls a month over a three-year period.

Older customers were found to receive more calls on average than those not considered vulnerable, the research also found.

Man held on suspicion of murder after woman found dead in house

A 46-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead at a house in a leafy Home Counties town.

The body of the 38-year-old woman was found at a house in the upmarket St George's Hill area of Weybridge on Saturday morning, Surrey Police said.

A man was found with "serious injuries" at the same address in Crossfield Place, close to Weybridge Station, and was taken to hospital for treatment, officers said.

DJ Calvin Harris forced to cancel gigs following Los Angeles car crash

Superstar DJ Calvin Harris has pulled out of a second gig following a "serious" car crash in Los Angeles.

The Scottish producer was taken to hospital with a cut to his nose after the collision at around 11pm local time on Friday.

Harris was a passenger in a Cadillac when the vehicle collided with a Volkswagen Beetle in Coldwater Canyon, near Beverly Hills, a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) spokeswoman said.

Crossbow expert hits the target as he reaches Britain's Got Talent semi-final

A crossbow performer, a choir and an impressionist are among the acts taking part in the first live semi-final of Britain's Got Talent.

The lucky few who received three or more yeses from the judges were invited to the London Palladium to be told which 40 acts had been picked to join the five Golden Buzzer contestants in the live rounds of the show which kick off on Sunday night.

Among those bidding for glory are mother and son duo Mel & Jamie, performer Richard Bayton, performance squad Spartans Resurrection, dance crew Total TXS and Welsh dance troupe, the Ystrad Fawr Dancers.

Diana Ross and I are still "best of friends", says Mr Motown

Diana Ross's former lover and the man credited with making her a superstar, Berry Gordy, says they are still the "best of friends".

Music producer and songwriter Gordy is the founder of Motown Records and recognised as the force behind successful musicians like Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and The Jackson 5.

Despite having written mega hits such as Do You Love Me?, he revealed that Ross's I Hear a Symphony is still "extremely special" to him.

Exporters report modest growth due to "headwinds"

Firms which export goods are only reporting modest growth as they face a number of "headwinds", according to a new study.

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said there were clear differences between the performance of exporters in different sectors.

Manufacturers have enjoyed a slight increase in exports in the first few months of the year but growth dipped in the services sector.

Jutland batlle relatives urged to share memories to mark centenary

Relatives of the seamen who fought in the Battle of Jutland have been asked to share their stories to mark the centenary of the largest naval battle of the First World War.

More than 8,000 men died off the coast of Jutland, in Denmark, in the 36-hour battle which began on May 31 1916.

The British Grand Fleet sailed from Rosyth, Cromarty and Scapa Flow to repel the German High Seas Fleet fighting to break a British blockade.