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

A Cambridge University professor has retained his world tiddlywinks title after seeing off an American challenger nicknamed the Dragon. Tiddlywinks is a game in which players try to get small plastic ...

Storm Austen has brought severe weather to the south of Britain, with Storm Boelo closely following further north.

A "traditional" pub in Brentwood has been taken over by a 23-year-old man who "can't wait for what's next" at the boozer. The Spread Eagle in Queens Road, Brentwood, was previously advertised on ...

The Duchess of Sussex has said she is “deeply distressed” by accusations her father had a hoard of child sex abuse images. Meghan’s brother, Thomas Markle Jnr, alleged that he had found a stash of ...

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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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