Emergency services were called to the area of Dunkeswell Aerodrome at about 1pm on Friday, following concerns for the welfare of two people. The two skydivers were both confirmed dead at the scene and ...

The Scottish Government’s devolved version of the winter fuel payment will match the value of the UK benefit, John Swinney has announced. Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed last week that the payment ...

England Under-21s lost the chance to book their place in the knockout stage of the European Championship after being held to ...

The search for a person who fell overboard from a ferry in the Firth of Clyde has been suspended, the coastguard said. A major search was launched after the alarm was raised on Sunday afternoon, with ...

Los Angeles and Anmaat will meet again in an eagerly anticipated renewal of the Prince of Wales’s Stakes on Wednesday – but White Birch is an absentee. The three classy older horses all met in the ...

Two skydivers who died at an aerodrome in Devon on Friday have been named by police. Adam Harrison, 30, from Bournemouth, and Belinda Taylor, 48, from Totnes, were pronounced dead at the scene of the ...

The Cherries have announced the signing of French left back Adrien Truffert from Rennes in their first incoming transfer of the summer.

Owen Farrell has rejoined Saracens from French club Racing 92. The former England captain called time on his 16-year stay with the Gallagher Premiership side at the end of last season. But fly-half ...

A sheriff has noted former Scotland rugby union captain Stuart Hogg’s “complete compliance” with a community payback order, as he said no further review would take place.

Research indicates that almost 800 babies were buried in a sewerage system at the St Mary’s home in Tuam, Co Galway between 1925 and 1961.

The latest arrests include a man, aged in his 20s, who has been detained in relation to an arson attack on Larne Leisure Centre.

Michaela Boor, 30, died in March 2018 after she was hit by the bricks that fell from a tower crane as she walked along a pavement in Bethnal Green.