Scotland kick off their Guinness Six Nations campaign at home to Italy on Saturday. Here, the PA news agency takes a look at five talking points ahead of the Murrayfield showdown.

Dan Skelton hailed John Hales as “a great man for our sport and all horse sports” after the leading owner died at the age of 85. Hales has seen several top-class National Hunt performers carry his ...

Manchester City will face Real Madrid in the Champions League knock-out round play-off. Having beaten Club Brugge 3-1 in their final league phase game to make it through to the next stage at the last ...

CUMBERLAND Council have made an announcement about Christmas wreaths in their cemeteries. Wreaths will be collected by council workers as we move into February. People are asked to collect any wreaths ...

The service will be held in the church where Nolan married her husband of more than two decades, Brian Hudson.

There were 4,612 people recorded as sleeping rough in the capital between October and December, up from 4,389 in the same period in 2023.

Here the PA news agency looks at five talking points heading into the match. Hot on the heels of an unsuccessful autumn, Steve Borthwick is confronted with a trio of fixtures that could imperil his ...

England suffered more torment at the Women’s Ashes as they dropped seven catches to allow a dominant Australia to assume total control of the day/night Test in Melbourne. The ignominy of a 16-0 clean ...