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

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 ...

Police are appealing for information following an aggravated burglary in Sherfield-on-Loddon. According to officers, a man attempted to break into a house in the Sherfield Park area at around 1.40 am.

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 ...

Henry Staunton had a public row with former business secretary Kemi Badenoch following his dismissal in January.

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 ...

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

A planet has been discovered orbiting the closest single star to our Sun. Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), astronomers have been able to see the exoplanet – ...

A woman was raped and killed by a stranger on a park bench after a night out, a court has heard. Natalie Shotter, 37, was found dead on a bench in Southall Park, west London, on July 17 2021. Homeless ...

The plan, which will need approval by creditors, will see the firm shut 11 larger Dobbies sites and six Little Dobbies by the end of the year.

The arrest relates to two burglaries that occurred in the early morning of Thursday, September 26, near to Newbury Racecourse.

Police in Northern Ireland investigating a series of hoax bomb calls targeting railway stations in England have carried out searches in Londonderry. Detectives said the searches are in relation to an ...