The best-selling writer and political commentator defied the leftward trend of American humour.

US conservative satirist PJ O'Rourke dies at 74

Paris St-Germain's Kylian Mbappe says he has not decided his future after scoring the winner against Real Madrid in their Champions League last-16 first-leg tie.

I haven't decided future - PSG's Mbappe

Two men are in custody after the discovery of the suspected drugs and £86,000 of cash.

£300k of suspected Class B drugs seized

Ballymena United ease into the quarter-finals of the Irish Cup with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Portstewart.

Watch: Ballymena beat Portstewart to set up Irish Cup quarter-final with Larne

Coleraine profit from two own goals in a 2-1 Irish Premiership win over Warrenpoint Town at the Showgrounds.

Coleraine's Rodney Brown challenges for the ball

Watch: Two own goals help Coleraine see off spirited Warrenpoint Town

Strict Covid protocols - which are still in place - have seen routine dental care dramatically reduced.

Concerns over 'enormous' backlog for NHS dentistry

Stacey Harris says lockdown made things worse for her mother, who was killed by an abusive partner.

Murder victim 'could not get help' in lockdown

Stacey Harris's mum, Helen Bannister, was killed by her abusive partner during lockdown.

Lockdown 'made mum's domestic abuse worse'

Ollie and Harvey's metal designs have been bought from as far away as Indonesia.

Teen cousins forge blacksmith business in lockdown

European giants in for Ronaldo, Manchester City make Savio bid, Villa target Ndidi and Bissouma, Bayern and Dortmund monitor Broja, plus more.

Wednesday's gossip column

Cardiff City boss Steve Morison says Max Watters "was not good enough" after substituting the striker in the first half of Tuesday's 2-0 win over Coventry City.

Watters 'was not good enough' - Morison

A local news station estimates the fire spread across 300 acres before it was brought under control.

Horses flee from flames in Texas grass fire

Wednesday's back pages

Tracy Felstead was jailed in the Post Office scandal. She returns to Holloway Prison as part of her healing process.

Returning to prison after wrongful conviction at 19

The 2026 Commonwealth Games are set to be awarded to Victoria in Australia.

2026 Commonwealth Games set for Victoria

Cities are important destinations for the lodging website's business.

The back of a young woman walking and walking along the pedestrian street in the evening in Bangkok, Thailand, travelers and tourists.

Airbnb: City travel almost at pre-pandemic level

Kell Brook and Amir Khan speak to Eleanor Roper to preview their "serious grudge match" on Saturday night in Manchester.

Brook vows to expose Khan's chin

Mbappe gives PSG late win over Real

Kell Brook and Amir Khan sit down with BBC Sport to discuss each other's strengths and weaknesses before their highly-anticipated fight.

Khan v Brook: 20-year feud comes to a head

After striking a deal with Virginia Giuffre, will there be any future public role for Prince Andrew?

Is there any way back for Prince Andrew?

Superb Man City put five past Sporting

Coleraine profit from two own goals as the Bannsiders beat Warrenpoint Town 2-1 while Crusaders and Glenavon play out a scoreless draw at Seaview.

Coleraine win as Crues held by Glenavon

The United States is seeking to extradite Juan Orlando Hernandez for alleged ties to drug traffickers.

Juan Orlando Hernandez led away in handcuffs

Former president of Honduras led away in handcuffs

One teenager who has foster parents says it could make care leavers "equal with everyone else".

Young care leavers to get £1,600 a month in scheme

Sky Blues reach Irish Cup quarter-finals

A 44-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of murder.

Murder arrest after Westcliff-on-Sea death

Some hospitality workers say they are being charged twice for one shift under the pricing structure.

Clean Air Zone 'unfair to night-time workers'

The victim was found with multiple stab wounds and believed to have been targeted for money.

CCTV released of suspect sought in fatal robbery

Ms Palin failed to prove that the NY Times ruined her reputation by linking her to a deadly shooting.

Ms Palin seen arriving at court on Tuesday in a denim jacket

Jury rules against Sarah Palin in news libel case

Scotland aim to "inspire the next generation" of women to take up rugby by qualifying for the World Cup, says captain Rachel Malcolm.

Scots aim to 'inspire next generation'

Fire tests on cladding similar to Grenfell Tower's resulted in 20m flames, an inquiry hears.

Cladding being removed from building in 2017

Cladding test pre-Grenfell 'catastrophic failure'

The school confirmed a pupil had been the victim of a knife attack and said his condition was stable.

Boy, 16, stabbed close to his school

MLAs agree to meet more often to deal with a backlog of planned legislation.

Extra sittings at Stormont ahead of election recess

Richard Morris had been working for the Government's Covid taskforce prior to his death.

Covid diplomat took his own life, inquest finds

The government is accused of a "massive cover-up" over its Troubles legacy proposals.

US politicians criticise Troubles legacy plans

The US president says an invasion of Ukraine is still possible despite Russian claims of a withdrawal.

Members of the Ukrainian Border Guard patrol along the Ukrainian border fence at the Three Sisters border crossing between, Ukraine, Russia and Belarus on February 14, 2022.

Biden: Human cost of Russia attack would be immense

Live coverage of Tuesday's Scottish League Two game between Stirling Albion and Forfar Athletic.

Stirling Albion v Forfar Athletic

Eddie Fewtrell, who once ran more than 20 night clubs with his family, dies, aged 90.

Tributes paid to 'King of Clubs' Eddie Fewtrell

Live coverage of Tuesday's Saturday's Scottish League Two game between Elgin City and Annan Athletic.

Elgin City v Annan Athletic

Live coverage of Tuesday's Scottish League Two game between Edinburgh City and Albion Rovers.

Edinburgh City v Albion Rovers

Motorcyclist John McGuinness says his return to racing on the Isle of Man in 2022 "could possibly be my last TT".

McGuinness hints at retirement

Indigenous-led investigations have discovered more than 1,100 unmarked graves in recent months.

Hundreds of people gather for a vigil in a field where human remains were discovered in unmarked graves at the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School on the Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan on June 26, 2021

Dozens more graves found at two Canadian schools

A study has found that the American West has not seen such drought since the time of Charlemagne.

Pictures lay bare worst drought in 1,200 years

Sajid Javid says Novak Djokovic is able to earn millions by playing tennis again because of vaccines.

Djokovic urged to reflect on Covid vaccine refusal

Darrell Clarke is taking a break following the loss of a close family member, the club have said.

Vale's Clarke given bereavement leave

A total of 369 dentists in North West England have stopped doing NHS work in the last 12 months.

Patients voice fears over lack of NHS dentists

Halyna Hutchins died on the set of Rust after a gun actor Alec Baldwin was holding discharged.

Baldwin named in Rust film wrongful death lawsuit

Harley and Harry Crane were born at 22 weeks in October and their mum hopes they can go home soon.

Twins thought to be UK's most premature to survive

Wales goalkeeper Laura O'Sullivan says competition from youngsters Poppy Soper and Olivia Clark is helping to push standards as she gets set to win her 50th cap.

Laura O'Sullivan, Poppy Soper and Liv Clark

'Competition keeping me on my toes'

Weymouth claim a first National League win since October with a 1-0 victory over Eastleigh.

Weymouth 1-0 Eastleigh

Paddy Madden scores a second-half double as Stockport win at Bromley to move three points clear at the top of the table.

Bromley 1-3 Stockport County

Boreham Wood climb up to third place in the National League table after a 2-0 home win against Altrincham.

Boreham Wood 2-0 Altrincham

A Peter Clarke own goal on the stroke of half-time gives Hartlepool a win over promotion-chasing Tranmere.

Hartlepool United 1-0 Tranmere Rovers

Exeter fight back from 3-1 down to claim a 4-3 win against Harrogate in a sensational game at St James Park.

Exeter City 4-3 Harrogate Town

Jess Fishlock inspires Wales as they end Scotland's Pinatar Cup defence, with Pedro Martinez Losa's side now competing for fifth place.

Fishlock double downs Scots in Spain

Goals early in each half from Harry Anderson and Aaron Collins see Bristol Rovers end Sutton's 10-match unbeaten League Two run.

Bristol Rovers 2-0 Sutton United

A Leicester firm gives £17,600 to a park project after it failed to comply with recycling rules.

Park benefits from firm's recycling breach

Wigan close the gap on League One leaders Rotherham with a hard-fought home win over bottom side Crewe.

Callum Lang celebrates Wigan's first goal against Crewe

Wigan Athletic 2-0 Crewe Alexandra

Dan Gardner's second-half penalty gives Doncaster a win at Lincoln City and hopes of avoiding the drop from League One.

Lincoln City 0-1 Doncaster Rovers

PC Adnan Arib denies misconduct in public office over alleged behaviour towards two teenage girls.

Met PC says he met teenage girl for careers advice

Burton upset the League One form book to run out 3-1 winners over Bolton.

Burton celebrate one of John Brayford's two goals against Bolton

Burton Albion 3-1 Bolton Wanderers

Footage shared with BBC Panorama reveals cows being hit and kicked on a large dairy farm in Wales.

Footage reveals evidence of animal abuse on farm

Catalans Dragons forward Gil Dudson is banned for three games after admitting punching St Helens' Joe Batchelor in their Super League opener

Dudson banned for punching Batchelor

Workers at two plants could walk out in March unless a better deal is offered, a union says.

Airbus workers vote for strike action in pay row

The authority hopes the scheme will attract new businesses and create more housing in High Wycombe.

Council approves £15m town regeneration plans

Britons with relatives in Ukraine say the current stand-off with Russia is a worrying time.

Watching the Russian border crisis from afar

Darren Brown, 50, was arrested after police found him lying on the ground in a park.

Man died in police custody 'due to drugs'

Prof Ian Young says he "fully appreciates" concerns over lifting Covid restrictions in Northern Ireland.

NI public has 'a role to play' in protecting others

Councillors in Heacham will vote on whether to hold a village referendum on the redevelopment.

Council plans to borrow £1.3m to redevelop dairy

Concerns are raised about inflation and fuel prices as David Ashford's financial plan is approved.

Rising costs may overtake new budget, MLC warns

Novak Djokovic speaks exclusively to the BBC about his time in detention in Australia last month.

Djokovic: Reaction from my colleagues hurt me a lot

Lisa Brennan tells an inquiry that being wrongly convicted of theft was the "end" of her world.

Wrongful conviction left post worker homeless

Four men are sentenced after admitting trafficking the Class A drug in June 2019.

David Mullarkey, Ellis Hardy, James Davidson and Wayne Smith

Men jailed after £10m of cocaine found in lorry

The text messages claim to be from NHS Test and Trace but are actually from fraudsters.

Council warns of Covid scam text messages

The incident is believed to have been caused by chemicals used to clean the swimming pool.

Ten injured in chemical incident at leisure centre

Andrei Munteanu hit Hayley Pienaar as he tried to flee her and her partner, an inquest hears.

Man killed woman in self-defence, coroner says

A critic says the bank gave the impression of a thriving town centre, but the reality was different.

Halifax bank criticised over town centre advert

Sale Sharks sign second row Alex Groves from Bristol Bears on a long-term contract.

Sale sign lock Groves from Bristol

John and Patricia Lillistone's vehicle was swept away when it entered the River Trent last year.

New river safety measures after couple drown

A pathologist gives evidence to a court where triple murderer Anthony Russell is accused of rape.

Pregnant murder victim 'found with twigs in mouth'

Bath have sign Ospreys prop Ma'afu Fia on loan for the rest of the season.

Bath sign Ospreys prop Fia on loan

Kilcoo joint-captain Conor Laverty says "he didn't think it was the right time" to become the Down manager after being linked with the role last year.

Not the right time for Down job - Laverty

More than £300,000 in dishonestly claimed support cash remains unrecovered, Leeds council papers say.

City's fraudulent Covid business grants top £1m

The Met Office is warning gusts of 80mph could hit parts of Scotland, England and Northern Ireland.

Storm Dudley amber wind warning takes effect

A strong defensive display from Hull City sees Sheffield United held to a second goalless draw in four days.

Blades frustrated by determined Tigers

Millwall record an impressive win against QPR in a London derby to further dent Rangers' promotion hopes.

Tyler Burey celebrates Millwall's second goal against QPR

Millwall dent QPR's promotion hopes

The Blackpool horse-drawn carriage was carrying passengers along the promenade at the time.

Horse carriage driver caught using phone at reins

Joel Bagan's superb strike helps Cardiff City to a third straight home win as they prove too strong for Coventry City.

Bagan goal helps Cardiff beat Coventry

Williams say they have a long way to go to return to the top of Formula 1 as they launch their new car at Silverstone.

Williams a 'long way' off top F1 teams

A tax review in Guernsey is looking to address a forecast shortfall of £85m per year.

Further analysis on corporate tax planned

A Typhoon was responsible for the noise heard across the north west of England, BAE Systems says.

Fighter jet's sonic boom heard across North West

Oxfordshire County Council approves the decision not to renew a temporary ban.

Town's lorry ban is officially over

The male victim was taken to hospital by air ambulance after being attacked in Street.

Primary schools 'locked down' after man stabbed

Tuesday's National League game between Wealdstone and Maidenhead United is postponed because of a waterlogged pitch.

Wealdstone P-P Maidenhead United

Global markets jump amid hopes that military tensions over Ukraine could be easing.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attend a press conference following their meeting over Ukraine security at the Kremlin, in Moscow, on February 15, 2022.

Markets rally on hopes of Ukraine de-escalation

Andy Murray avenges his Australian Open defeat by cruising into the last 16 of the Qatar Open with a straight-set win over Taro Daniel.

15 February 2022