Andy Farrell braced his British and Irish Lions for the “biggest game of our lives” in Saturday’s second Test against Australia after the First Nations and Pasifika XV were dispatched 24-19 in ...

Ministers hope to roll out facial age estimation for migrants arriving by small boats and lorries over 2026 after trialling of the technology.

Policing in Scotland will not be “put in a detrimental position” because of the cost of Donald Trump’s visit, John Swinney has said. The US president is due to arrive in Scotland later this week and ...

Harry Maguire is not flying with Manchester United for their US pre-season tour due to a personal matter, the PA news agency understands. The 32-year-old defender was a half-time introduction in ...

The family of a woman whose body was recovered from a lake after a police search have described her as a “guiding light”. Rachel Booth, 38, from Northwich, Cheshire, was reported missing in the early ...

Ross O’Sullivan is readying a strong squad for this season’s Galway Summer Festival after enjoying a fruitful meeting last year. The stable sent out three winners for the showpiece fixture 12 months ...

Former top civil servant Simon Case has taken his seat in the House of Lords. The 46-year-old, who served four prime ministers, joins the independent crossbenches in the unelected chamber, which ...

Dr Anita White, founder of Women in Sport, and Penny Briscoe, chef de mission of ParalympicsGB, were among those honoured at Windsor Castle.

Charles’s comment came when he and the Queen visited the Jockey Club Rooms in Newmarket, the heart of the horse racing industry.

A 15-year-old boy who stabbed a fellow pupil to death has told a jury he lost control after believing he was going to be knifed himself. The teenage defendant told Sheffield Crown Court he felt regret ...

A consultant who helped fill in a report following a dispute between a transgender doctor and a gender critical nurse in the female changing rooms said she “believed it was a hate incident” and ...

Gill was especially galled about England’s openers being late to the crease when they had to bat out the final seven minutes on the third evening.