Wales rugby great Gerald Davies admitted he was left “dumbstruck” after being awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours. The 79-year-old former Wales and British and Irish Lions wing has been ...

Nine-time Paralympic gold medallist Hannah Cockroft is made a CBE and Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson becomes an MBE.

Former England manager Gareth Southgate has been hailed as one of the nation’s “greatest ever managers” by the Football Association after being awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours. The ...

Stephen Fry said he is “startled and enchanted” to be awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours and hopes it sets an example that there is “always hope”. The actor, screenwriter and author is being ...

Former MP Kate Hollern, Paralympian Gregg Stevenson and founder of an early years education organisation Purnima Murthy Tanuku, are ...

Three Metropolitan Police officers who made light of a serious sexual assault allegation have been given written warnings.

The service said more than 340 calls were waiting to be answered at the time the critical incident was declared on Monday evening.

Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United suffered a third straight Premier League defeat as in-form Newcastle bolstered their European hopes with a 2-0 win at Old Trafford.

Liam Delap’s barnstorming display helped Ipswich register a first Premier League home win in 22 years with a memorable 2-0 victory over Chelsea to further damage their faint title prospects.

Chinese hackers remotely accessed several US Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents after compromising a third-party software service provider, the agency has said.

Burnley extended their unbeaten run in the Sky Bet Championship with a goalless draw against Middlesbrough at the Riverside.

A team of Scottish researchers have helped solve the mystery over a volcanic eruption that caused famines and crop failures around the world, almost 200 years ago. Scientists from the University of St ...