Jos Buttler, Brook’s predecessor as white-ball skipper, was a contender but he returns to the rank and file by taking Smith’s wicketkeeping role for an England side who have lost their last seven ODIs ...

Police were called after Donald Burgess, a wheelchair user, grabbed a knife and threatened to stab staff, jurors heard.

Champion Hurdle runner-up Burdett Road puts his Royal Ascot aspirations to the test when he returns to the Flat for the Star Sports Henry II Stakes at Sandown on Thursday evening.

Mike Farrar, who was made permanent secretary in April, said he is optimistic about the future for the health service in the region.

A farmhouse on the estate of the former family home of Diana, Princess of Wales has been “burnt down by vandals”, her brother said. Earl Spencer said he was “stunned” to learn that a farmhouse was ...

Crowds of fans flocked to Easter Road stadium to pay their respects to “salt of the Earth” Sir Tom Farmer as his funeral hearse passed by the club he once helped save.

Attempts to tell Heathrow airport’s sleeping chief executive that the airport had been closed because of a power outage failed because his bedside phone was on silent, an inquiry has found. Thomas ...

Asda has announced it will be scrapping a change to its home delivery scheme to install driver-facing cameras in its vans ...

Lilo & Stitch took £9.6 million at the combined box office in both countries on its first weekend of release, beating the £8.6 million grossed by Mission: Impossible – The Fin ...

The 53-year-old man, from West Derby, Liverpool, remained in custody on Wednesday after officers were granted further time to question him on suspicion of attempted murder, dangerous driving and drug ...

Northern Ireland’s health service is expected to face a £600 million budget shortfall. Stormont Health Minister Mike Nesbitt described financial plans being finalised which will be “unprecedented in ...

The building society suggested that customers were switching from rival banks in order to make use of its branch network.