Kyren Wilson shrugged off a slow start to take a commanding lead over Lei Peifan at the end of the opening session of the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield.

Lancashire Constabulary said officers were called to a report of criminal damage to the church building and a number of gravestones in Leyland.

Mazyar Azarbonyad, 20, was taking a woman out for a first date when the crash took place near the Denton roundabout on April 9.

A BLOOD delivery car has covered more than 32,000 miles in its first year. The Toyota Yaris, funded by Lord Combustion Services, has been used by the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity to transport blood ...

Liverpool will claim the title with five matches remaining if Arsenal lose against Ipswich at Portman Road and they see off Leicester on Sunday.

More than 90 people have been killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza over the last 48 hours, according to the territory’s Health Ministry. The ministry does not differentiate between civilians and ...

Iran and the US have started a second round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear programme. The talks in Rome over Easter weekend again hinge on US billionaire Steve Witkoff, Donald ...

Ministers hope the tool will perform in 40 seconds tasks that take around one to two hours for planners to complete.

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou says Son Heung-min will be “put on ice for the next few days” ahead of the club’s bid for Europa League glory.

A British tourist said she saw people being taken down from one cable car in a harness after the incident. Megan Pacey, 50, from London, was with her husband, James Ross, and their children Hannah, 10 ...

If Arsenal were to lose at Ipswich on Sunday the Reds could clinch a record-equalling 20th championship with victory at Leicester later in the day.

A British Hindu monk is running her first London Marathon to help challenge stereotypes and to inspire a new generation with ancient wisdom. Brahmacharini Shripriya Chaitanya, a spiritual leader at ...