Tottenham are closing in on the loan signing of Joao Palhinha with the Bayern Munich midfielder set to undergo a medical on Friday, the PA news agency understands. Spurs are eager to boost their squad ...

The UK plum industry has begun to pull out of a “decades-long decline” with a bumper crop reported this year, a grower has said. Plum production in the UK hit its peak in 1987 with 28,900 tonnes being ...

England may be overwhelming favourites to become world champions on home soil this summer but Helena Rowland insists they are taking nothing ...

Woakes left the field with his arm in a makeshift sling late on the first evening after taking a painful tumble at the boundary edge.

Storm Floris will batter parts of the UK on Monday with unseasonably strong winds, the Met Office has announced. A yellow warning for wind has been issued for northern parts of the country from 6am ...

The Ukrainian capital Kyiv observed an official day of mourning on Friday, a day after a Russian drone and missile attack on the city killed 31 people, including five children, and injured more than ...

A man has appeared in court accused of murdering a woman who was found dead in a house in West Yorkshire. Courtney Angus, 21, was discovered at an address in Norfolk Street in Batley on Saturday. On ...

England’s cricketers donned white headbands in memory of the late Graham Thorpe on Friday, joining fans in honouring the 100-Test veteran. Thorpe, one of the most respected batters of his generation ...

Thousands of shows will take place across the capital in August as the Fringe Festival and Edinburgh International Festival get under way.

British Airways’ parent company has described hotel tycoon Surinder Arora’s Heathrow expansion as “credible”. International Airlines Group (IAG) chief executive Luis Gallego said “competition is good ...

UK manufacturers highlighted that willingness to spend was weak domestically and overseas due to concerns over economic uncertainty and higher labour costs. New export orders declined again as firms ...