The number of migrants crossing the English Channel in a single year has passed 20,000 in record time. Some 440 people made the journey in eight boats on Tuesday, bringing the total for 2025 so far to ...

Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to review the safety of multi-storey car parks, following the death of a 15-year-old boy in Liverpool. Gabriel Santer died after falling from the top of a multi-storey car ...

The Irish Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) should examine affidavits making accusations against a woman who sued Conor McGregor, her lawyers have said, after the fighter decided to withdraw them ...

Jack Draper has a warning for his rivals – he is still finding his way on grass. The fourth seed breezed into the second round of Wimbledon, dropping just five games in little over an hour before ...

Neil Stubley says the turf is coping well after the hottest ever start, but warns climate change may force future adaptations.

A POPULAR and respected optometrist in Leigh has retired after 35 years of service. Surj Gill, one of the original Directors at Gill Opticians, hung up his ophthalmoscope as of the end of June, ...

The Met Office said heavy rain could cause some problems but temperatures would no longer be as ‘oppressively hot’.

The First Minister was speaking after Sir Keir Starmer’s UK Government was forced into a last-minute climbdown.

Isle Of Jura is on course to make his long-awaited comeback in the September Stakes at Kempton. The son of New Approach has been off the track for more than a year following his impressive win in the ...

LEIGH and Atherton's MP voted for the government's welfare bill after initially signing an amendment to halt the reforms.

The decision to scrap key parts of the welfare reform package has left the Chancellor facing the prospect of tax hikes to balance the books.

The 23-year-old comes up against the Netherlands on Saturday having spent the first half of the season at FC Twente.