Gaëlle Mignot lamented a lack of fight as France suffered a 46-24 defeat to hosts Canada in their WXV 1 opener.

Here is a list of the estimated proportion of the adult population who are current smokers in each local authority in the UK. All the figures are five-year averages covering the period 2019-23. This ...

Police are appealing for information following an aggravated burglary in Sherfield-on-Loddon. According to officers, a man attempted to break into a house in the Sherfield Park area at around 1.40 am.

Kevin Rouet says Canada are refusing to get carried away after climbing to second in the world rankings with a 46-24 victory over France in ...

Tory policies such as the national service scheme drive a wedge between the younger and older generations, the Conservative Party conference has heard. In its election manifesto, the party pledged to ...

Henry Staunton had a public row with former business secretary Kemi Badenoch following his dismissal in January.

A planet has been discovered orbiting the closest single star to our Sun. Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), astronomers have been able to see the exoplanet – ...

The ONS said Wales had a higher proportion of centenarians than in England, with 26 people aged 100 and over per 100,000 population compared with 24 in England. Some 9.7% of those aged 100 and over ...

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said if the airport closes the UK cannot guarantee people will be able to leave ‘in speedy fashion’.

A woman was raped and killed by a stranger on a park bench after a night out, a court has heard. Natalie Shotter, 37, was found dead on a bench in Southall Park, west London, on July 17 2021. Homeless ...

David Beckham joined forces with the Prince of Wales to celebrate smashing a £15 million target to replace London’s ageing air ambulance helicopters. William invited the former England football ...

Green candidates could thwart the Tories in council elections next year, a senior councillor has said. At the Conservative Party’s conference in Birmingham, Phil Broadhead told activists that voters ...