Ships from all over the world, many with their masts and rigging decorated with flags, sailed from the North Sea coastal town of IJmuiden on an hours-long journey up the North Sea Canal and into ...

A bus crash in north-western Afghanistan has killed at least 79 people returning from Iran – including 19 children, an official said. Two people were also injured in the crash, Ministry of Interior ...

MSP Colin Smyth has been arrested and charged in connection with possession of indecent images, prompting his suspension from Scottish Labour. The South Scotland MSP was arrested on Tuesday and is due ...

England head coach John Mitchell insists the tag of being Women’s Rugby World Cup favourites is “irrelevant”. The Red Roses kick off this year’s World Cup at the Stadium of Light against the United ...

Hundreds of people have attended a music session in Dublin city in solidarity with Kneecap rapper Liam Og O hAnnaidh after he appeared in court on Wednesday. Kneecap flags and logos hung from the ...

The Ballydoyle runner bounced back from Derby disappointment to win a pulsating renewal of the Eclipse in early July, coming from an unpromising position to somehow grab victory from the jaws of ...

A person has died after being hit by a train at a station just outside of London, affecting the Greater Anglia and Stansted Expess.

Minnie Hauk bids to win a fourth different Oaks in the Pertemps Network-sponsored Yorkshire version on Thursday. Aidan O’Brien’s Frankel filly has been outstanding so far this season, collecting three ...

A decommissioned Dorset fire engine has been given a second life in Bexleyheath, serving burgers instead of putting out blazes. Niall Seymour, who grew up near Bexleyheath Broadway, spotted the bright ...

A refurbished library in Bromley will reopen to the public on Friday. Chislehurst Library will reopen following the completion of refurbishment work as the fifth library to re-open as part of the £11m ...

Compton, 57, who lives in Sutton, featured in the national finals at Play Your Way to Wimbledon, powered by Vodafone, which is the UK’s largest individual mass participation tennis competition and is ...

Police want to shut down a shisha lounge in Charlton after a staff member suffered a brain bleed and had their jaw broken in an assault.