Wildfires burned in parts of Europe on Tuesday as millions of people across the continent struggled to adapt to the new ...

A New York resident has admitted he tried to smuggle protected turtles worth more than one million US dollars from the US to Hong Kong by shipping them in boxes labelled “plastic animal toys”.

James ‘Jim’ Wren survived the sinking of HMS Repulse in December 1941 after it was torpedoed in the South China Sea.

It took 20 months to hit the milestone under Rishi Sunak’s premiership compared with 13 months under Sir Keir Starmer.

Nicholas Rossi was extradited from Scotland to the US in January 2024 after a lengthy case in the Scottish courts.

More than 50,000 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel since Labour won the 2024 general election. Home Office figures showed 474 migrants arrived by small boat on Monday.

A community in Co Down has been “shaken and upset deeply” by the attack on a priest and the death of a man at the weekend, Bishop Alan McGuckian has said. Father John Murray was struck on the head in ...

The 25-year-old Sweden international was the subject of a rejected £110million bid from Premier League champions Liverpool.

Sky Sports will take steps to ensure Roy Keane does not have to face hostile fans at Premier League matches. A 43-year-old Arsenal fan was convicted of headbutting Keane at a match at the Emirates ...

Donnacha O’Brien’s stable star has been absent since making a winning reappearance in the Lanwades Stud Stakes in May. The winner of two Group Ones last year, including the Matron at Leopardstown, as ...

Fewer students who are receiving their post-16 results this summer met the entry requirements for A-level courses two years ago, Ucas’s ...

New Match of the Day host Mark Chapman will also front some of Sky Sports’ live Premier League football coverage this season. Chapman is one of three new presenters on the BBC’s Saturday night ...