Joe Saumarez Smith has stood down from his role as chair of the British Horseracing Authority with immediate effect due to deteriorating health.

Three Israelis and five Thais were handed over to the Red Cross on Thursday with 110 Palestinians expected to be exchanged in ...

A man whose father, brother and sister died “in dreadful circumstances” has told MPs their sympathy “only goes so far” as he urged them to get on with the process to legalise assisted dying. Pat ...

The 34-year-old Edinburgh forward’s Test career appeared to be over after he was not selected for a single squad last year.

Kate celebrated becoming patron of Ty Hafan children’s hospice in South Wales by visiting the centre where she did not unveil a plaque but contributed to a wall of handprints from youngsters and their ...

Nasa’s two stuck astronauts have taken their first spacewalk together, exiting the International Space Station almost eight months after moving in.

A teenager has been arrested in connection with a reported threat made against a nursery in Cornwall. Police are investigating a suspected hoax call received by Sticky Fingers Nursery in Wadebridge on ...

Channel 4 chief executive Alex Mahon has said the UK media industry must avoid becoming an “American news swamp” where young people get their news from unregulated platforms such as social media.

Ireland interim boss Simon Easterby expects Sam Prendergast and Jack Crowley to be long-term rivals for the team’s number 10 jersey but insists the former is the “right man” to start against England.

The bank is the latest large company to roll back its flexible working policies brought in during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Lewis-Skelly’s dismissal was overturned on appeal but the Gunners have now been charged with failing to control their players.

“The bottom line is this must end. President Trump’s reelection is a clear mandate from the American people to break this cycle of failure and the weaponisation and politicisation of the intelligence ...