A panel in the case of a Metropolitan police officer who is alleged to have used the term ‘cotton pickers’ has retired to consider its verdict.

Bridget Phillipson said a Tory amendment to the schools Bill is unnecessary as she defended removing automatic academisation of failing schools.

Bradford and Walsall are working with police to identify a social media user over a post which referred to the fire at Valley Parade which claimed the lives of 56 people. Police were called in over a ...

Celtic have secured Jota on a five-and-a-half-year contract after the Portuguese winger swapped places with Kyogo Furuhashi. The 25-year-old has completed his move from Rennes 18 months after leaving ...

Comedian Jayde Adams (left) and Steps star Ian ‘H’ Watkins (second left) arrive for the funeral of The Vivienne in Denbighshire, North Wales (Danny Lawson/PA) Also in attendance was Steps singer Ian ...

Adam Jones has backed Warren Gatland to turn Wales’ fortunes around as they head into a Six Nations campaign on the back of 12 successive Test defeats.

The funeral of former deputy prime minister John Prescott will take place in Hull on Thursday. More than 300 family, friends and colleagues have been invited to the service at Hull Minster, beginning ...

A Lake District mountain rescue team is urging people to be prepared when venturing out onto the fells. Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team rescued two walkers who were lost and unable to make ...

From the family of the brilliant Champion Hurdle winner Faugheen, and similarly marked with a white blaze, the six-year-old made quite an impression on her bumper debut at Punchestown in January of ...

England’s first choice scrum-half has now been added to the 36-man squad that is in Girona preparing for the match.

Connections fully expect Potters Charm to rebound at the Cheltenham Festival after an unexpected Trials Day defeat. The six-year-old was contesting the Ais Novices’ Hurdle on Saturday and came into ...

The 25-year-old has completed his move from Rennes 18 months after leaving Celtic in a reported £25million move to Saudi Arabian side Al-Ittihad.