Four-time winner Mark Selby crashed out in the first round of the World Snooker Championship after a late-night 10-8 defeat to qualifier Ben Woollaston. Selby had edged the opening session of the ...

Businesses are “crying out” for Scottish visas, an SNP MP has said, as he claimed a managed migration scheme could boost Scotland’s economic growth. Stephen Gethins argued the UK’s current “one-size ...

The people of Ireland have “appreciation” for the life of Pope Francis, Irish President Michael D Higgins has said. Mr Higgins and his wife Sabine have travelled to Rome ahead of the funeral of the ...

Charles and Camilla will also watch a military procession and flypast with veterans and attend a celebratory concert.

The RAC, which conducted the study, said just five businesses are responsible for nearly half of all tickets issued.

Final mourners were in a queue for their last chance to see Pope Francis’s remains – as a UK cardinal predicted the funeral will be a “masterpiece” in stage managing “big egos” as world leaders fly in ...

His intervention comes as Conservative frontbenchers continue to debate the party’s response to the rise of Reform.

The Princess Royal will attend a dawn service for the Australian and New Zealand troops who fell in Gallipoli in north-west Turkey in 1915.

Thousands of people are expected to line the streets of central London for a VE Day procession which will also be watched by Sir Keir Starmer and the royal family, according to newly released ...

Sian Berry warned that the Government had shown ‘worrying attitudes’ to nature ahead of a debate about banning toxic weedkillers.

Birmingham boss Chris Davies says the Blues should be very proud of breaking the 100-point barrier. Alex Cochrane’s winner after 75 minutes was hit from 30 yards and was perfectly-placed to find the ...