Maro Itoje will captain the British and Irish Lions for the first time in their non-cap international against Argentina in Dublin on Friday. Itoje leads a starting XV that features Marcus Smith at ...

A man who stabbed his wife to death as she pushed their baby in a pram told a court he had intended to kill himself in front of her but “lost control” when he thought she was suggesting someone could ...

Sir Keir Starmer will chair a meeting of the emergency Cobra committee to discuss the security situation in the Middle East, the PA news agency understands. The high-level meeting follows the Prime ...

A minister has pledged to “sort out” the “appalling mess” of HS2 and confirmed the railway’s opening will be further delayed. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander told the Commons there is “no route” ...

Emergency workers pulled more bodies from the rubble of a nine-story Kyiv apartment building demolished by a Russian missile, raising the death toll from the latest attack on the Ukrainian capital to ...

Angela Rayner has branded shadow home secretary Chris Philp “Johnny Come Lately”, after he accused the Government of prioritising immigrants over young people when it comes to housing. In a back and ...

Disturbances in Londonderry have been branded “blatant sectarian violence” by Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Chief Constable Jon Boutcher. Fourteen officers were injured, some requiring ...

A person has died in Yorkshire from rabies after becoming infected while on holiday in Morocco, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. The person, which the Barnsley Chronicle reports is a ...

Six short films created as part of the Sean Connery Talent Lab will be premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) and the National Film ...

The Prime Minister has indicated he will back the assisted dying Bill ahead of a crunch vote, as opponents warned against legislation they say is not safe enough to protect the most vulnerable. The ...

By Colin Lever ON the face of it, Jersey’s finance industry is the epitome of community wealth building. As a key anchor ...