Wicked star Cynthia Erivo has said her younger self is “smiling, beaming, glowing from ear to ear” following her Oscars nomination in the leading actress category.

A brace by Son Heung-min earned Tottenham and Ange Postecoglou a much-needed 3-2 win at Hoffenhem to help them take a big step towards a top-eight finish in the Europa League.

Italy’s highest court on Thursday upheld a slander conviction against US defendant Amanda Knox for accusing an innocent man in her British flatmate’s 2007 murder.

The bodies of Mark Gordon, 36, and his six-year-old daughter Hope were found in West Calder on Monday afternoon.