Sir Bill Beaumont has been appointed Rugby Football Union chairman on an interim basis following the resignation of Tom Ilube. Ilube stepped down on Friday morning in response to the outcry over the ...

Mervyn Kersh arrived in Normandy aged 19, three days after the start of the D-Day invasion in June 1944, acting for the Royal Army Ordnance Corps.

Rwanda discharged the last Marburg patient on November 8 and had reported no new confirmed cases since October 30. However, WHO officials and Rwanda’s health minister Dr Sabin Nzanzimana on Friday ...

The attack came hours after Ukrainian authorities said a Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv killed at least one person and wounded 13.

Warren Gatland is to remain in charge for the 2025 Six Nations following a review into Wales’ slump but has been warned by the Welsh Rugby Union that he must start delivering results.

The Gateshead Highway, which carries traffic to and from the Tyne Bridge, had to close following an inspection.

Two men have denied plotting an Islamic State-inspired gun attack on the Jewish community in the UK. Walid Saadaoui, 37, and Amar Hussein, 51, pleaded not guilty on Friday to preparing acts of ...

Stephen Bunting was given a huge scare before defeating Germany’s Kai Gotthardt 3-1 in the first round at the World Championship. Bunting, the reigning Masters champion, narrowly escaped falling 2-0 ...

The US military conducted airstrikes in northeastern Syria on Thursday, killing a leader of the so-called Islamic State (IS) group and one other militant, US Central Command (Centcom) has said. The ...

Italy’s data protection watchdog said it has fined OpenAI 15 million euros (£12.4 million) after completing an investigation into the collection of personal data by the US artificial intelligence (AI) ...

The A590 at County Roa, Ulverston is currently closed after a serious collision. Drivers area asked to avoid the area ...

BARROW Raiders have announced their third and final pre-season friendly. Paul Crarey’s men will host Salford Red Devils at the Northern Competitions Stadium on Saturday, January 18 (2pm kick-off). As ...