The Lord Speaker has announced he is to step down several months early from his role in the upper chamber to support his wife who has Parkinson’s. Lord McFall of Alcluith, who took up the top post in ...

The Swifties’ goal: an Art Nouveau painting by Friedrich Heyser featuring Ophelia, Hamlet’s beloved in William Shakespeare’s play of the ...

Clint Goodchild has vowed York RLFC are “only getting started” after improving their IMG Grading score for the second consecutive year.

Downing Street has said it would have been “absurd” for the Prime Minister to step in after being told the China spy case was going to collapse, stressing the case was a “criminal matter” for the ...

Paddy Power is to shut 57 betting shops across the UK and Ireland, putting almost 250 workers at risk. Parent firm Flutter, which also owns Betfair and Sky Bet, blamed the closures on “increasing cost ...

Amber Taverns, which now has 184 pubs, said it was focusing expanding its chain across the south of England while also ...

Security Service chief Sir Ken McCallum said the ‘more hostile world’ had forced the biggest shift in MI5’s mission since September 11 2001.

Border Security Commander Martin Hewitt said he finds the numbers very challenging but that work to stop crossings was always going to take time.

A freedom of information request found Scotland has the highest rate of violent injuries to school staff in Britain.

Steven Smith will take charge of Rangers against Dundee United on Saturday while the club look to confirm their new permanent boss, the PA news agency understands. Former Rangers player Kevin Muscat ...

Tim Henman has backed Jack Draper to emerge as the biggest challenger to Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner despite the British star’s injury troubles.

New York Knights signing Sam Wood says not knowing which division the club will be playing in next season hasn't been a stumbling block.