A woman was left “upset, distraught and needing help” after she was allegedly raped by a former contestant on Britain’s Got Talent, a court has heard.

Field Of Gold heads 17 confirmations for the Betfred 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday. John and Thady Gosden’s grey was a hugely impressive winner of the Craven Stakes on his reappearance earlier ...

The Purple Turtle was packed out on Sunday evening for a Q&A with Reading FC legend Steve Coppell. The former Reading manager guided the ...

Reading defender Jeriel Dorsett is back 'in contention' to return from injury on Saturday. The 22-year-old defender has made 15 appearances ...

Rico Lewis said Manchester City want to make up for their disappointing season by seeing off Crystal Palace and lifting the FA Cup. City booked their place in next month’s final at Wembley with a 2-0 ...

MLAs had their first opportunity to pay tribute to Francis in the Northern Ireland Assembly as they returned on Monday after the Easter break.

Downing Street has welcomed the meeting between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky over the weekend as “undoubtedly good”.

Snooker will review its transgender inclusion policy in light of a landmark UK Supreme Court ruling, the sport’s world governing body has said. The sport currently allows trans women to compete in its ...

Alex Mahon is stepping down as the chief executive of Channel 4 after nearly eight years. She will leave the business in summer this year, having joined the organisation in 2017 as the channel’s first ...

A conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis will begin on Wednesday May 7, the Vatican has announced. The date of the conclave was top of the agenda for cardinals holding informal meetings to hash ...

Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate revealed head coach Arne Slot told his side at the start of the season that they could win the Premier League.

One of the most powerful maritime cranes in Europe will be used to raise tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht from the seabed next month, those leading the plan say.