There are signs that more children are gaining places at their first choice of secondary school in a number of areas in England, a survey suggests. Hundreds of thousands of families across England are ...

It was on Jack Vettriano’s 21st birthday that apprentice mining engineer’s life changed forever. His then girlfriend gifted him a set of watercolours which would lead the Fife native to exhibitions ...

Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter has distanced himself from corruption in football as he went on trial for the second time alongside his one-time protege Michel Platini. They returned to a Swiss ...

Authorities sent an alert on the Katwarn app telling people in Mannheim to avoid the city centre due to a big police deployment.

The Cottagers vowed to take the “strongest form of action” against those who had sent abusive messages to the defender.

A police investigation has been launched after skeletal human remains were found near Stoke-on-Trent. The remains were found by a member of the public on land near Festival Park in Etruria at around 3 ...

The widow of rugby league star Rob Burrow is to run the London Marathon in what she described as a “testament to his enduring legacy”. Lindsey Burrow will run the 26.2 mile course in April as a ...

Bryonie Gawith, 29, Denisty Birtle, nine, Oscar Birtle, five, and 22-month-old Aubree Birtle died after a blaze at their home in Bradford last year.

Mika Hakkinen is convinced that Lando Norris is ready to win his first Formula One world championship this season. The British driver won four races last season, his first victories in the sport, as ...

The Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh was delayed just hours before opening due to a fault in the ventilation system.

The FA Cup ball criticised by Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola “delivers against all of the testing requirements”, the Football Association has said. Guardiola compared the ball negatively to ...