Cumbria could be set for a combined authority mayoral election in May 2026 under plans unveiled by the Deputy Prime Minister in the House of Commons.

Finlay Bealham and Mack Hansen are on course to be fit for Ireland’s Guinness Six Nations clash with Scotland but Tadhg Furlong and Joe McCarthy have been ruled out. Tighthead prop Bealham and wing ...

Liverpool could not cope with losing defender Virgil van Dijk should he leave the club in the summer, according to former star John Barnes. The Reds face the prospect of losing key trio Van Dijk, ...

A 15-year-old boy has been remanded into youth detention accommodation after appearing at Sheffield Youth Court charged with the murder of Harvey Willgoose, 15, who was stabbed to death at a school in ...

Elaine C Smith, Susie McCabe, Scott Agnew, Rosco McClelland and Tom Urie will appear in An Afternoon For Janey next month.

Chris Hayes paid tribute to the “almost perfect equine athletes” developed by the Aga Khan through generations of breeding, having partnered Ezeliya to the famed owner-breeder’s final Classic success ...

A former ice hockey player and TV extra has been jailed for 28 years for the rape and sexual abuse of seven girls. Victims of Philip Hamer clapped the judge and burst into tears in the public gallery ...

The Irish government was “missing in action” during the clean-up to damage caused by Storm Eowyn, a Social Democrats TD has said. Wicklow TD Jennifer Whitmore said the government can no longer “wash ...

The Prince of Wales has spoken to teenagers about dealing with bereavement during a visit to a charity. William travelled to Widnes, Cheshire, on Wednesday to see the work done by Child Bereavement UK ...

Anyone using WhatsApp can now interact with ChatGPT using their voice and by uploading images to submit queries to the AI ...

Two Belfast journalists told the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee that such surveillance was an ‘attack on democracy’.

Sir Keir Starmer has defended meeting a voice coach during the winter of 2020, saying “I was working” while the Tories were “partying”. The Prime Minister has denied breaching restrictions in place ...