Some 250,000 mourners paid their respects to Pope Francis over a three-day lying-in-state, the Vatican said on the eve of his funeral. World leaders and dignitaries were arriving in Rome on Friday, to ...

Rachel Reeves met Scott Bessent on Friday, after saying Britain’s relationship with the EU is ‘arguably even more important’ than with the US.

Mark Williams and Hossein Vafaei are locked at 4-4 after a gruelling opening session of their own second round match that continues on Friday evening, while Zhao Xintong will take 5-3 lead into ...

Chris Billam-Smith has made weight ahead of his fight against Brandon Glanton at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium tomorrow.

Emma Raducanu’s hopes of another strong WTA 1000 run ended with a second-round loss to Marta Kostyuk at the Madrid Open. The former US Open champion reached the quarter-finals of one of the WTA Tour’s ...

Bowen also rode Fairlawn Flyer (11-4 favourite) to what looked an unlikely success in the QuinnBet Highland National Handicap Chase for his father and brother, Peter and Michael, while Murphy employed ...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander announced she is prepared to support the expansion of Gatwick airport if the project is adjusted.