A 74-year-old former surgeon who raped hundreds of victims over more than two decades has been given the maximum sentence of ...

Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe is joining the likes of Nelson Mandela, Bob Geldof and the late cardinal Basil Hume in being granted the Freedom of Newcastle, the city’s highest honour.

During a speech, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said the proportion of people who pay the higher rate of income tax has increased more than five-fold in half a decade.

Prosecuting a man for burning the Koran is “tantamount to reintroducing a blasphemy law” in Great Britain, a trial heard.

Getting into sports can be hard, but finding a sport adapted to your disability can be even more challenging when you don’t know where to start.

Jos Buttler, Brook’s predecessor as white-ball skipper, was a contender but he returns to the rank and file by taking Smith’s wicketkeeping role for an England side who have lost their last seven ODIs ...

Shap Wells Hotel, Shap, near Penrith has been sold off a guide price of £2,495,000 to a buyer based in Yorkshire, in a deal arranged by ...

Right-back Morris had been hoping to make her senior England debut against Portugal in Friday’s Nations League game.

Asda has announced it will be scrapping a change to its home delivery scheme to install driver-facing cameras in its vans ...

A farmhouse on the estate of the former family home of Diana, Princess of Wales has been “burnt down by vandals”, her brother said. Earl Spencer said he was “stunned” to learn that a farmhouse was ...

Carlos Alcaraz brought football and fun to the French Open as he kept his title defence on track against tricky Hungarian Fabian Marozsan. The Spaniard, bidding to become the first man to retain the ...

Jamie Smith will open the batting as England’s new white-ball era under Harry Brook starts with the first of three one-day internationals against the West Indies at Edgbaston.