Liverpool's search for a new manager suffered a setback on Friday when Swansea boss Brendan Rodgers rejected the chance to talk to the Anfield club.

David Cameron said free parenting classes are not a "nanny state" policy as he defended a raft of new initiatives targeting families on Friday.

Police launched a manhunt on Friday for suspected metal thieves who stole a memorial to two children killed by an IRA bomb as the father of one of the victims branded the theft "disgusting".