The funeral of acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley will take place later. Mr Longley died in hospital at the age of 85 on January 22. His funeral is to take place in All Souls Church in Belfast ...

World champion Luke Littler made the perfect start to his Winmau World Masters campaign in Milton Keynes as he cruised to a 3-0 victory over Andy Baetens. Littler needed just 11 minutes to overcome ...

Wales were thrashed 43-0 by France in their Six Nations opener as they suffered a 13th successive Test defeat.

Preston boss Paul Heckingbottom claimed the officials had a “howler” after his side were beaten 2-1 by Lancashire rivals Blackburn at Ewood Park.

Government admits ‘error of law’ in decision on station car park in Constable Country over failure to apply legal duty to ...

The Scottish Greens have called on the UK Government to remove the block on Scotland’s gender reforms. The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill was passed at Holyrood in 2022, with MSPs backing ...

Two police officers have been injured after a “disturbance” outside a police station in Wales. Officers were called at 7pm on Friday to reports of a man “causing a disturbance” outside Talbot Green ...

Wales suffered a 13th successive Test match defeat and record Six Nations loss to France as an Antoine Dupont-inspired Les Bleus demolished them 43-0 in Paris.

Martin Odegaard is ready to embrace the heat of battle when Arsenal host Manchester City in a mouth-watering Premier League clash at the Emirates on Sunday. The rivalry between the two clubs has ...

In a stretch of questioning crucial to the defence of ASAP Rocky, his lawyer challenged the account of his accuser, who said he suffered a hand injury when the hip-hop performer fired a gun at him in ...

Tottenham are in desperate need of reinforcements with nine players still absent for Sunday’s trip to Brentford.

Aston Villa are exploring the possibility of signing Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford before Monday’s transfer deadline. Rashford has been frozen out of Ruben Amorim’s squad at Old Trafford, ...