Lord Ashdown led his party out of the political wilderness in the 1990s before serving as a special representative in the former Yugoslavia and speaking out on climate change
Former Boeing executive Mr Shanahan will step up from deputy defence secretary to lead the Pentagon
Mr Trump appointed Mick Mulvaney to be the new acting chief of staff after a protracted and chaotic search to replace John Kelly
Manchester City lost ground on leaders Liverpool over the weekend after their shock defeat by Crystal Palace and Spurs closed in after a thrilling win over Everton
Failure of electronic flight plan system forces closure of runway
It is as if the writer put down his pen midway through crafting an hour-long special and shoved in a heart-warming Christmas singalong to end things
Exclusive interview: After being plucked by the Rajasthan Royals for a fee of £55,000, Livingstone can look forward to a rather more happy Christmas than looked likely before his name appeared
Analysis: Commons leader has appeared to toughen the consequences of throwing out the prime minister's agreement – in that crucial vote next month, says deputy political editor Rob Merrick
'The president's not going to not accept money for a border wall,' says Mr Mulvaney
More than 131,000 children to spend festive season in temporary accommodation, says Shelter
'We are working with human beings saying they have seen something'
Rachel Uretsky-Pratt says she realises the marshmallows are the best part of the cereal
Everton 2-6 Tottenham: Spurs proved far too good for Marco Silva's dangerously open side in an extraordinary end-to-end game
Exclusive: Council criticised for 'painfully slow' pace of rehousing residents
Half of all UK motorists expected to be on roads at some point on Christmas Eve, while engineering works and reduced timetables will hit train journeys
Convinced that people around him are fools, president increasingly suspicious they are secretly undermining him
Aston Villa 2-3 Leeds United: Villa will be upset with the defeat, and for a number of reasons, the first being they were the better team for the vast majority of the game
The fractious debate on Brexit underlines Lord Ashdown's longstanding belief; pro-European Labour and Tory MPs have more in common with each other and the Lib Dems than with the leadership of their own party
'Once you've lost the brand value it's hard to get it back'
The method is perfect for when a piece of wrapping paper is slightly too small
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi criticised Republicans in September for the short-term VAWA reauthoriation
After Jamie Vardy's smash-and-grab goal in the second half, Chelsea collapsed into panicky disarray
Group to appear in court on Monday
'In front of us South Korea talks of trust and harmony, while it follows the foreign forces' ploy behind our back'
Vince Cable could be the key to getting our country back, but he has to find the energy and enthusiasm to get polling numbers to spike
