Rugby Football Union chief executive Bill Sweeney is to be paid £1.1million for the last financial year, despite the governing body reporting record losses and making 42 staff redundant. The RFU’s ...

BBC pundit Alan Shearer has ruled himself out of taking over from Gary Lineker as the host of Match Of The Day. The former England striker, 54, is a regular on the BBC football highlights programme ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she was ‘not immune’ to the difficulties facing businesses but there was no alternative to her Budget tax raid.

The NHS would be worried less about money in the event of another pandemic, but rather their “resilience” and “capacity” to deal with it, the service’s boss in England has told MPs. Amanda Pritchard, ...

A jury has been sworn in to try the case of Grammy-nominated rapper Slowthai, who is accused of rape. The rapper, whose real name is Tyron Frampton, and his co-accused Alex Blake-Walker, 27, deny ...

Scuffles and fistfights between the ruling party and opposition politicians broke out in Serbia’s parliament on Monday, weeks ...

Local democracy seems to have taken a hit. Developers are putting in speculative planning applications that are not in the local area plan and ...

Last week Home Office minister Dame Angela Eagle said that asylum hotel use had risen since Labour entered government.

Calorie labelling in restaurants and cafes has not resulted in customers choosing healthier meals, a study suggests. The Government introduced mandatory calorie labelling in England for businesses ...

All performers generously volunteered their time to the cause, and proceeds from ticket sales, after covering costs, went towards the critical ...

World champion Kyren Wilson shrugged off a headache and concerns over the speed of the tables to sweep past Stephen Maguire 6-0 in the first round of the UK Championship. Wilson dominated what had ...