Japan’s parliament has formally elected Shigeru Ishiba, head of the governing Liberal Democratic Party, as the country’s new ...

Detectives investigating a series of thefts at bowling alleys have charged a man in relation to the incidents.

The pop group won the 1976 contest with the song Save Your Kisses For Me at the final in The Hague, in the Netherlands.

Here is a list of the estimated proportion of the adult population who are current smokers in each local authority in the UK. All the figures are five-year averages covering the period 2019-23. This ...

USA captain Kate Zackary is confident her side can build on plenty of positives from defeat to England in their opening WXV 1 match in Vancouver.

Gaëlle Mignot lamented a lack of fight as France suffered a 46-24 defeat to hosts Canada in their WXV 1 opener.

Kevin Rouet says Canada are refusing to get carried away after climbing to second in the world rankings with a 46-24 victory over France in ...

England opener Zak Crawley has signed a contract extension with Kent running to the end of the 2025 season. The 26-year-old Kent academy product made his debut in 2017 and has registered 147 ...

The ONS said Wales had a higher proportion of centenarians than in England, with 26 people aged 100 and over per 100,000 population compared with 24 in England. Some 9.7% of those aged 100 and over ...

Peasley Cross Lane, an area commonly affected by floods due to the dip in the road under the old railway line bridge, was closed yesterday. The road has remained closed today. Live traffic tracker ...

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said if the airport closes the UK cannot guarantee people will be able to leave ‘in speedy fashion’.

Tory policies such as the national service scheme drive a wedge between the younger and older generations, the Conservative Party conference has heard. In its election manifesto, the party pledged to ...