Piers Fearick’s picture of a yellowhammer claimed the first prize in the wildlife category of the South Downs National Park’s annual competition.

The 18-man squad is overseen by head coach Michael Yardy and includes 16-year-old off-spinner Farhan Ahmed, younger brother of England international Rehan, highly-rated leg-spinner Tazeem Ali and ...

The economist said three years is an ‘inappropriate length of time’ for a final report from the new commission into social care.

An Italian journalist detained in Iran since December 19 and whose fate became intertwined with that of an Iranian engineer wanted by the United States has been freed and is heading home, officials ...

A yellow alert for Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray, the Highlands, Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland runs until midnight on Thursday.

Tributes have been paid to a 14-year-old aspiring rapper who was stabbed to death on a bus in south-east London on Tuesday afternoon. The boy, who has not been formally identified by police, was ...

Bell has spent much of the past year working on tweaks to stay more upright when she bowls, which has allowed her to swing the ball both ways.

Back on the pitch – where it mattered most – two premier division (West) games were amongst those abandoned. St Just and Illogan was called off after 50 minutes with the score at 0-0 and Wendron ...

Pope Francis has denounced the “scourge” of child labour and other abuses suffered by children, saying anyone who harms or exploits a child will have to answer to God.

Boycott is justice for the Afghan female cricket players. The men's team is promised 17 USD millions annually, where Afghan female athletes are promised 100 lashes by the Taliban if they play sports!

McCoy’s is set to launch new Hot ‘n’ Spicy crisps in the UK on January 20 along with an on-pack promotion which could land shoppers £100,000.

The mercury is set to drop sharply, with lows of minus 15C possible in Scotland and northern England overnight on Thursday.