Gianni Infantino’s prospects of securing a fourth term as FIFA president have been given a significant boost after the Asian Football Confederation officially offered its backing on Friday.

The Office for National Statistics said retail sales volumes fell by 0.4 in September, compared with the previous month.

Israel has ordered its army to prepare for a full closure of the West Bank, following a deadly shooting earlier in the day in ...

New weather warnings have been announced for parts of Ireland, as the island deals with two named storms in quick succession. Impacts are expected to include flooding, difficult travelling conditions ...

We’ve had over 50mm of rain in kind of four days, so it’s taken its toll unfortunately.” With Newbury’s Flat season now over, Hill and his team will begin preparing for the first National Hunt meeting ...

The Pope will miss a planned trip to Assisi next week on doctors’ orders as he continues recovering from thoracic surgery he underwent last Tuesday, the Vatican said. Leo XIV had been due to attend a ...

Scotland is braced for heavy rain on Friday as the first of two named storms sweeps in. A Met Office yellow warning for rain ...

South Korea has proposed military talks with North Korea to resolve disagreements about where their border lies and prevent ...

Boss Andy Spencer said the company has started the new financial year with ‘real confidence’ despite economic pressures on the pub sector.

The William Hill owner said the closure of 270 shops ‘shows the real impact on jobs and livelihoods from higher industry taxation’.

The prolific Norway striker was not risked in City’s Champions League victory over AEK Athens in midweek after a blow to the foot against Ipswich.

Thousands of Christmas shoppers on London’s Oxford Street will have their faces scanned by live facial recognition cameras, with the technology due to be installed in December, just in time for the ...