Scotland has shivered through the coldest January night in the UK in 15 years as temperatures dropped to minus 14.5C, with dozens of schools closed across northern regions on Friday.

The former Burnley boss was dismissed by Everton just hours before their 2-0 FA Cup third round victory at home to Peterborough.

Laura Robson cannot wait to see how the ‘mind-blowing’ partnership between Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray plays out on court at the Australian Open. Despite hanging up his racket last summer, the Scot ...

One security-related death was recorded during the year in Northern Ireland, the shooting of Kevin Conway in January 2024.

Reigning champion Ronnie O’Sullivan has withdrawn from the upcoming Johnstone’s Paint Masters on medical grounds. The world number three, who was won the competition eight times, was due to face John ...

Andy Cowell, a key figure in Lewis Hamilton’s record-equalling seven world championships, will become the new team principal of Aston Martin. Cowell, who spearheaded the Mercedes engine team which ...

Michael Sheen has launched a theatre company called Welsh National Theatre, which he says will bring “a new dawn” in the country. The organisation is envisioned as separate from but complementary to ...

FORMER Top Gear and Grand Tour star Richard Hammond and wife Mindy have announced they will be divorcing. The couple, who live in Herefordshire's Bollitree Castle, at Weston-under-Penyard, near ...

Shaun Whalley will be without his lucky charm this weekend for what the boyhood Liverpool supporter reckons will be his final visit to Anfield as a player.

Kate Cross believes a competitive 2023 Ashes series has given England “a lot of confidence” in knowing they can beat Australia. Australia retained the Ashes after a thrilling contest last time out saw ...

Sir Thomas Raymond Dunne, KG, KCVO, JP, died on Monday, January 6. He served as Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Hereford and Worcester from 1977, and then from 1998 he became the Lord-Lieutenant of ...

House sales slipped back in November, compared with October, but were higher than the same month a year earlier, according to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) figures. Across the UK, 92,640 property ...