An outbreak of a contagious disease in a herd in the Col des Saisies means the race will now bypass two scheduled climbs.

Joe Root moved up to third on the all-time Test run-scorers list as he and Ollie Pope helped England close in on India’s first-innings score at Emirates Old Trafford. Root overtook former India batter ...

Consumer confidence weakened slightly in July amid concerns from shoppers that they could face potential future tax rises, according to new figures. GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index ...

Championship leader Oscar Piastri set the early pace in practice for the Belgian Grand Prix – as Lando Norris finished half-a-second behind his title rival. Piastri, who holds an eight-point lead over ...

England batter Joe Root moved up to third on the all-time Test run-scorers’ list on Friday, leaping above India’s Rahul Dravid and South Africa’s Jacques Kallis. Already England’s most prolific ...

Alice Pumphrey will sit down to watch the Lionesses’ latest bid for glory on Sunday without a flicker of regret that she turned her back on a promising football career to target success of a different ...

A fresh wave of strikes has been announced by drivers at a train company in a long-running dispute over the sacking of a colleague. Members of Aslef at Hull Trains have voted to continue taking ...

Ceitidh Ainsworth has been inspired to chase her goals after representing Scotland at the Six Nations Women’s Summer Series.   This ...

The Home Office has said it is working to close hotels and “restore order” after a council unanimously voted to urge the Government to shut a hotel housing asylum seekers following a series of ...

A former HGV driver has become a millionaire after more than 30 years of playing the National Lottery. Ally Gilmour, 57, had to give up work due to ill health but has now won £1,000,000 after matching ...

Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill has said it is with regret that she will stay away from Belfast Pride this year. It comes after the Belfast Pride organisers asked political parties ...

Siamese cross Leo has brought a stash of items, including a cashmere sweater and a 5ft toy snake, back to his home in New Zealand.