Brendon McCullum called for his England side to “wrap our arms around” captain Ben Stokes after defeat to Pakistan capped a difficult period for the Test captain.

Sir Chris Hoy has revealed his “selfless” wife kept her multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis a secret as they dealt with his cancer treatment. Sir Chris, one of Britain’s most successful Olympians, ...

The daughter of murdered MP Sir David Amess said he was “catastrophically” failed by the Government’s Prevent programme, as she called for a full inquest into his death. The veteran MP, 69, was ...

Working people will not see higher taxes on their payslip, a minister said as she acknowledged “frustrations” over the Government’s refusal to spell out who will be hit by greater levies ahead of the ...

The Education Secretary has said she is “open-minded” to a ban on smacking children, but she added there are no imminent plans to change the law.

Both Reading and Bristol Rovers have condemned the racist abuse aimed at striker Shaq Forde following Saturday’s fixture.

An Israeli attack on Iran damaged facilities at a secretive military base that experts have in the past linked to Tehran’s nuclear weapons programme and at another site tied to its ballistic missile ...

Georgia’s pro-Western opposition disputed the results of the parliamentary election after officials declared the ruling party led the crucial vote that could decide whether the country remains on the ...

Ruben Dias believes the sides at the bottom of the Premier League have shown Manchester City how tough it will be to defend their title this season. The champions laboured to a 1-0 victory over ...

Israeli strikes on northern Gaza have killed at least 22 people, Palestinian medical officials have said. The Gaza Health ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s conservative ruling party is braced for a blow to its comfortable majority in elections to the lower house of parliament amid public rage over financial ...