Tributes have been paid to the former head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service Sir Kenneth Bloomfield, who has died at the age of 94. Health Minister Mike Nesbitt described Sir Kenneth as a “great ...

Provisional figures from the Met Office show 630 hours of sunshine were clocked up across the country between March 1 and May 27.

Sinner and Draper have been good friends off the court for some time but could meet in the quarter-finals of the French Open.

That was over seven furlongs and Kevin Ryan returned him over that trip in the John of Gaunt at Haydock, where for much of the race he travelled like the winner.

Stepping up to a mile and six furlongs on her return to York in Group Three company, the bay held off all challengers, including the 6-5 favourite Term Of Endearment, to prevail by a head at 7-2 under ...

A body has been found in the search for a girl missing in the River Thames, police said. A body was recovered from the river near Gravesend with the assistance of the RNLI at around 11.40am on ...

Lando Norris admitted mistakes cost him pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix – as championship rival Oscar Piastri secured top spot to deal a blow to the British driver’s bid of winning ...

The UK struck a deal with Washington for import taxes on its steel to be removed weeks ago, but its implementation has not been finalised.

A small plane has crashed into a residential building in western Germany as it approached an airport, and two people were killed, police said. The crash happened around midday on Saturday in ...

Simon Yates stands to win the Giro d’Italia after putting to bed his personal demons on the Colle delle Finestre with a stunning solo attack that put him in pink after the penultimate stage.

Hamas has responded to the latest US ceasefire proposal for Gaza while seeking amendments to it. A senior Hamas official told the Associated Press: “There some notes and amendments to some points, ...

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