Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter has distanced himself from corruption in football as he went on trial for the second time alongside his one-time protege Michel Platini. They returned to a Swiss ...

The Cottagers vowed to take the “strongest form of action” against those who had sent abusive messages to the defender.

Hayden Carter was delighted to make his Blackburn Rovers return and make a positive first impression on Valerien Ismael. The defender was recalled for his first Championship minutes since suffering a ...

A former Darwen newsagent's shop is set to become a ground floor flat. Jonathan Brown wants to convert the empty property in Olive Lane into a two-bedroom apartment. There is already another flat ...

A police investigation has been launched after skeletal human remains were found near Stoke-on-Trent. The remains were found by a member of the public on land near Festival Park in Etruria at around 3 ...

The widow of rugby league star Rob Burrow is to run the London Marathon in what she described as a “testament to his enduring legacy”. Lindsey Burrow will run the 26.2 mile course in April as a ...

Bryonie Gawith, 29, Denisty Birtle, nine, Oscar Birtle, five, and 22-month-old Aubree Birtle died after a blaze at their home in Bradford last year.

Mika Hakkinen is convinced that Lando Norris is ready to win his first Formula One world championship this season. The British driver won four races last season, his first victories in the sport, as ...

Plans by Pendle Council to spend £2milion on a new waste transfer site have been torn-up by councillors in setting the new budget.

Scottish artist Jack Vettriano has been found dead in his flat in France. The body of the 73-year-old painter, born Jack Hogan, in Methil, Fife, was found in the flat in Nice on Saturday, his ...

Rossendale Council will report to Blackpool Council over a government levelling-up fund, in a new relationship for the phased launch of ...