An Irish footballer has broken the Guinness World Record for farthest distance a football has been thrown by a woman, sending ...

Luke Littler goaded the baying Leeds fans on his way to beating Nathan Aspinall in his opening match of night 14 of the Premier League. The world champion was given a hostile reception at the First ...

Veterans and their families marked 80 years since VE Day at a tea party hosted by the Royal British Legion in Staffordshire ...

Dan Burton, 54, died after his paramotor was involved in a collision with one flown by Sacha Dench, known as the ‘human swan’ ...

British number two Jacob Fearnley will play Matteo Berrettini in the Italian Open second round after comfortably beating Fabio Fognini in straight sets. Fearnley was too strong for veteran Fognini, ...

Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, who is currently de facto head while the Church of England seeks a new archbishop of Canterbury following Justin Welby’s resignation, said: “Pope Leo XIV’s many ...

US President Donald Trump confirmed the agreement in a call with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer which was broadcast live.

The new pope, US cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, will be known as Pope Leo XIV. The pope is the bishop of Rome and the visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church. There are around 1.41 billion ...

Cherwell District Council has marked the official opening of its new Castle Quay headquarters in Banbury with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

The secret conclave meeting – steeped in tradition and mystery – had only just begun some 24 hours before white smoke appeared.

A new pope has officially been elected and named, with Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, becoming the new head of the Catholic Church. He is the 267th pope and has become the religious leader of ...

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister said it was ‘disappointing’ that devolved governments had not been told the agreement was imminent.