England head into their home World Cup as red-hot favourites amid record-breaking ticket sales and optimism of women’s rugby hitting new heights. The formidable Red Roses have swept aside all before ...

The Women’s Rugby World Cup begins in Sunderland on Friday when hosts England face the United States at the Stadium of Light. The tournament concludes with the final at the Allianz Stadium on ...

It was a frustrating night for Celtic in Europe, while speculation continued over the future of Crystal Palace midfielder Eberechi Eze.

The BBC is “not institutionally antisemitic”, the Observer’s editor-in-chief said following a row over the broadcaster’s coverage of the conflict in Gaza. James Harding said the perception of a ...

Wales wing Lisa Neumann hopes fresh energy can help her side get their Rugby World Cup campaign off to a winning start against Scotland ...

Jack Draper narrowly missed out on an appearance in the new-look US Open mixed doubles final. Draper and American Jessica Pegula went into the event, played for the first time in the week before the ...

Thousands of young people across Northern Ireland are set to receive their GCSE results today. Scores of students will also receive vocational qualification results. Last year around a third of the 32 ...

Hope has been expressed that the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) can deliver truth and accountability around the Shankill bomb. Two men bereaved in the ...

Nicola Sturgeon has said her “political instinct” is to back a united Ireland. However, the former Scottish first minister insisted the issue of Northern Ireland’s future is for people there to decide ...

The most recent Home Office data showed there were 32,345 asylum seekers being housed temporarily in UK hotels at the end of March. This was down 15% from the end of December, when the total was ...

The Welsh Rugby Union has recognised the “hurt and anger” caused by their proposal to reduce the number of professional men’s sides in Wales from four to two, but insisted maintaining the status quo ...

Many of the pupils who sat their GCSEs this summer were in Year 6 when schools closed because of the pandemic.