Nearly half a million shoplifting offences were recorded by police in England and Wales in a year, the highest 12-month total on record, figures show. A total of 492,914 offences were logged by forces ...

Emma Raducanu has taken a wild card into the WTA tournament in Abu Dhabi next week and will play in qualifying for the first time since winning the US Open.

Last April, a magnitude 7.4 quake hit the island’s mountainous eastern coastal county of Hualien, killing at least 13 people, injuring more than 1,000 others, collapsing a hotel and forcing the ...

It had been 20 years since swords were last crossed between Linnets and Stafford in the penultimate season of the origi ...

Amelia Kerr has the world at her feet and she’s keen to keep them firmly on the ground. The 24-year-old was named ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year on Tuesday to cap a glorious 12 months that saw New ...

Morgan Rogers says scoring a hat-trick to fire Aston Villa into the last 16 of the Champions League is a night he will “remember forever”. Rogers grabbed the matchball in a 4-2 win over Celtic which ...

RESIDENTS in Runcorn have woken up to the exciting news that they have won the People’s Postcode Lottery. Those that are signed up to the Postcode Lottery and live in WA7 3AW have won £1,000 this ...

Former Manchester United skipper Roy Keane has told England striker Marcus Rashford he should be “ashamed” at his exile. The 27-year-old has not played for the club since a 2-1 Europa League victory ...

France and Wales kick off the 2025 Guinness Six Nations when they meet in Paris on Friday night. Les Bleus are overwhelming favourites to continue Wales’ long Test match losing run that began against ...

Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla is accused of inciting violence during riots in July 2021 which led to the deaths of more than 350 people.

Heathrow Airport’s third runway can be built in the next decade, Rachel Reeves has said, as she aims to boost growth amid the UK’s gloomy economic outlook.

Hamas was set to free three more Israeli hostages and five Thai captives on Thursday, and Israel was expected to release another 110 Palestinian prisoners, in the third such exchange since a ceasefire ...