The head of Unite has called on ministers to “get the decision-makers in a room” over the Birmingham bin strike after Downing Street told the union to start “negotiating in good faith”. General ...

Jamie Snowden registered the first Grade One triumph of his training career with Julius Des Pictons taking advantage of a final-flight blunder from Mister Meggit to claim the Oddschecker Sefton ...

Reigning men’s champion Marten Van Riel will begin his title defence amid a star-studded line-up in the Lion City. Singapore T100 defending champion Youri Keulen and Olympic silver and bronze ...

Andy Goode has backed former side Leicester Tigers to push reigning URC champions Glasgow Warriors all the way in the Investec Champions Cup round of 16. Leicester make the trip north after finishing ...

Gina Bryce will be responsible for a significant milestone on Saturday as the first woman to commentate on the Grand National in more than 70 years. Bryce will take the third leg of the commentary ...

Sir Ed Davey also welcomed his party’s newest MSP after Jamie Greene joined them the day after quitting the Scottish Tories.

Gentleman De Mee struck late under a fine ride from Mark Walsh in an Irish-dominated Randox Supporting Prostate Cancer UK Topham Handicap Chase at Aintree. The Willie Mullins-trained nine-year-old was ...

A teenager who fatally shot a man in the back of the neck outside a nightclub after travelling there on a high-powered “super scooter” has been locked up for life. Tyler Roberts-Emmanuel, 19, killed ...

The Government confirmed on Friday that West Cumbria Mining withdrew its application for the site near Whitehaven.

Lake District authorities are urging dog owners to keep their pets on leads ahead of the Easter holidays. In a joint message, the Lake District National Park Authority, Cumbria Police, National ...

A 52-year-old woman from Manchester who was arrested in Windermere after failing a drugs wipe has since been released under investigation.

A man who gouged out an 87-year-old pensioner’s eye and beat him to death with his own walking stick has been locked up indefinitely. Sekai Miles, 23, subjected Bernard Fowler to a “brutal” random ...