Champion apprentice jockey Joe Leavy is in intensive care following a Sunday morning car accident in Hungerford.

Former England batter Robin Smith has died at the age of 62. Smith, who played 62 Tests between 1988 and 1996, died unexpectedly on Monday in Australia, where he lived, his family said in a statement.

US special envoy Steve Witkoff is due to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, taking to the Kremlin an embryonic peace plan that Washington hopes can end the nearly four-year war in ...

The OECD said growth will slow to 1.2 next year, before edging up to 1.3 in 2027, with ‘substantial’ downside risks from fiscal tightening.

With a Hatton’s Grace hat-trick secured for Teahupoo, attentions now turn to the hectic Christmas fixture list, where Bob Olinger will return in either Leopardstown’s Christmas Hurdle on December 29 ...

Justice Secretary David Lammy stressed that juries remain “fundamental” as he is expected to set out plans to curb their use in a bid to tackle the backlog in the courts. Mr Lammy, who is also Deputy ...

Social media is “chipping away at attention spans” and promoting disrespectful behaviour, Ofsted’s chief inspector warned as he said schools should be a “sanctuary” for children away from their mobile ...

David Lammy, who is also Deputy Prime Minister, will lay out reforms to overhaul the system on Tuesday, amid reports jury trials could be limited to the most serious offences such ...

A red-light camera has been installed at a pedestrian crossing on the A4 in Calcot. The cameras will capture red light jumpers at the crossing and, when the crossing lights are green, they operate as ...

The Bank of England has cut its estimate for the level of capital reserves that banks must hold to protect against their collapse, in a significant loosening of post-financial crisis regulations. The ...

The UK Government was “digging its own black hole” before the Budget, the SNP’s Westminster leader has said. Pressure continues on Chancellor Rachel Reeves over whether the Treasury misleadingly ...

The Bank of England said the UK banking system remains sturdy enough to support households and businesses even if economic conditions worsened.