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

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”.

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 ...

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.

Everything will need to go to plan for Porta Fortuna to make her comeback in the Coolmore America “Justify” Matron Stakes on September 13. Donnacha O’Brien’s stable star has been absent since making a ...

A moped has been seized in West Cumbria after police used ‘local knowledge’ to stop the rider. PSCOs in Allerdale were on patrol when they asked a man riding a moped to stop. The rider tried to evade ...

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 ...

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

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

Flashing LED mouthguards will be used at the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 in the latest development for player welfare.

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