Rugby league star Billy Boston is set to be knighted by the King at a Buckingham Palace investiture ceremony in a first for the sport.

Chris Minnoch, of the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, said lawyers have called the representative body ‘in tears’ over the situation.

The 90-year-old blazed a trail for black sports stars and finished his career with a British record 571 tries to his name.

Reality TV star Chloe Meadows has said she was so “scared” of the doctors and the prospect of “having any procedure done” that she ignored symptoms of a chronic inflammatory bowel condition for around ...

Thunderstorm alerts could be issued this week, the Met Office warned as it forecast “intense rainfall” across parts of the UK. The deluge is expected to hit on Wednesday evening, after a drier and ...

The Government has been warned against raising the minimum income threshold for family visas to the same level for skilled workers as it is most likely to conflict with human rights law, an advisory ...

Eurostar has unveiled plans to launch direct services connecting the UK with Germany and Switzerland. The operator claimed a “new golden age of international sustainable travel is here” as it ...

Rachel Reeves has signed off on £14.2 billion of investment to build the new Sizewell C nuclear plant as part of the spending review. The Chancellor is set to confirm the funding at the GMB Congress ...

Thousands of people impacted by the infected blood scandal in England will be able to self refer to a bespoke psychological support NHS service, officials have announced. The nationwide service began ...

Customers who buy a Decathlon tent over the summer can return it once used, for a full refund in the form of a gift card.

A report has warned that a maximum of two weeks’ paternity leave ‘entrenches outdated gender stereotypes about caring’.

Families of some cancer patients are being denied the chance to find out about their cancer risk due to gaps in genetic testing, a new study has suggested. A lack of testing for Lynch syndrome also ...