Nearly half a million shoplifting offences were recorded by police in England and Wales in a year, the highest 12-month total on record, figures show. A total of 492,914 offences were logged by forces ...

Emma Raducanu has taken a wild card into the WTA tournament in Abu Dhabi next week and will play in qualifying for the first time since winning the US Open.

The number of mortgage approvals to home buyers edged upwards month-on-month in December, according to Bank of England figures. Some 66,526 deals got the green light, up from 66,061 the previous month ...

Police want to speak to this woman after a woman’s purse was snatched from her bag while sat in a café and her card used.

The decision to grant consent to the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields will now be reconsidered, taking into account downstream emissions.

Targett, who joined Newcastle on a permanent basis in the summer of 2022 for a fee of around £12m following a successful initial loan spell from Aston Villa, is due to enter the final year of his ...

Shyam Rana, Anna Daniell and Melanie Johnson have been recognised with the Humanitarian Medal for their responses to major disasters.

A union has criticised plans to make almost 100 redundancies at mapping service Ordnance Survey. Prospect said laying off 95 skilled staff was “short sighted” and counter to the Government’s growth ...

Last April, a magnitude 7.4 quake hit the island’s mountainous eastern coastal county of Hualien, killing at least 13 people, injuring more than 1,000 others, collapsing a hotel and forcing the ...

A van burst into flames on the A168 this morning with plumes of thick black smoke seen rising from the vehicle.

Amelia Kerr has the world at her feet and she’s keen to keep them firmly on the ground. The 24-year-old was named ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year on Tuesday to cap a glorious 12 months that saw New ...

France and Wales kick off the 2025 Guinness Six Nations when they meet in Paris on Friday night. Les Bleus are overwhelming favourites to continue Wales’ long Test match losing run that began against ...