Formula One racing legend Sir Lewis Hamilton has called on Africans to “take Africa back,” arguing that the continent remains under the control of European powers during a speech at the Australian Grand Prix on Thursday.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has approved plans to ban vehicles from London’s busiest shopping street and one of the most globally renowned retail destinations, Oxford Street.

Two sisters, Georgina and Laura Epitropou, have been jailed for two and a half years after carrying out a series of planned thefts from duty free shops at Gatwick Airport, repeatedly booking domestic flights to access restricted areas and stealing thousands of pounds worth of high value goods over nearly a year.

Mya Mills has announced that she is expecting her first child with her boyfriend, NBA player Jeremy Sochan.

Bethany Dent-Reynolds, a probation officer who engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a convicted murderer at the UK’s highest-security facility, has been sentenced to eight months in prison after admitting misconduct in a public office.

Nathan Bennett, a 30-year-old nursery worker, has been convicted of sexually abusing five children in his care at a Bristol nursery.