A key mediator has stressed the urgency of brokering a ceasefire in Gaza after Hamas showed a “positive response” to a ...

Abby Dow is relishing returning to her roots when the Women’s Rugby World Cup kicks off at Sunderland's Stadium of Light on Friday.

Carmers’ Queen’s Vase win at Ascot has looked like an increasingly solid piece of form – the runner-up, Furthur, has won the Geoffrey Freer since and the fifth-placed horse, Scandinavia, has ...

RWC 2025 chair Gill Whitehead reckons the Twickenham showpiece will “easily” surpass the 66,000 crowd for the opening sevens at last ...

US President Donald Trump suggested American aircraft could help European nations police a deal to end the war in Ukraine.

Jean Flick, 88, with daughter Frances, 60, in the garden at her home in Thorpeness, which is at risk of falling into the sea following coastal erosion (Joe Giddens/PA) ...

A record 383 aid workers were killed in global hotspots in 2024 – nearly half of them in Gaza during the war between Israel and Hamas, the UN humanitarian office said. UN humanitarian chief Tom ...

The UK Government has dropped its demand for Apple to access users’ data amid a privacy and encryption row, according to the US director of national intelligence.

Aubrey Plaza has said it is a “daily juggle” following the death of her estranged husband Jeff Baena. The filmmaker died in January at the age of 47, with the Los Angeles County medical examiner ...

Middlesbrough's Championship rivals announced in early July that they would appeal against the English Football League punishment and were “confident of resolving the matter”, with owner Acun Ilicali ...

Three men who were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a shooting at Lanchester Hand Car Wash have been bailed, police have confirmed.

Lukas Nmecha’s late penalty sealed Leeds’ 1-0 victory against Everton in their first game back in the top flight after a two-year absence ...