A 17-year-old boy has been sentenced to eight years in detention for the attempted murder of an Irish army chaplain last year. Fr Paul Murphy was stabbed seven times with a hunting knife while ...

The number of jobs to be cut at Dundee University has dropped by half as part of a new recovery plan, the institution has said. Due to a £35 million deficit, the university had initially said it would ...

A woman has tragically died and police are looking to find her family. Margaret Gillings, 84, died at an address in Albert Street, Horwich, on Sunday, April 27. Officers say that there are no ...

Jacob Fearnley fell to defeat against Grigor Dimitrov after their Madrid Open third-round match resumed following Monday’s power-cut. The match was suspended at a crucial stage because of the outage, ...

Voters across parts of England will go to the polls on Thursday to elect councillors, regional mayors, and a new MP in the seat of Runcorn ...

Helicopters have dropped water on large fires burning on the slopes of South Africa’s Table Mountain as police investigated whether arson was the cause. Table Mountain National Park first reported the ...

“Monty’s Star ran his race at Cheltenham to finish fourth in the Gold Cup and he has come out of the race really well. We don’t have a lot to find with Spillane’s Tower on their running at Punchestown ...

Six members of a grooming gang that sexual abused a girl in a “den of iniquity” riven with cocaine and alcohol have been dealt with ...

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman did not deny that Whitehall officials had been in contact with the R&A.

John Higgins established a slender 5-3 advantage over Mark Williams at the end of the opening session of their World Snooker Championship quarter-final at the Crucible.

Fifteen fire engines and 100 firefighters were called to the blaze in Maida Vale in west London on Tuesday morning.

Nicky Adams has paid a special tribute to his former clubs and family after hanging up his boots. The veteran winger announced earlier this month that the final game of Bury's season would be his last ...