Imposing restrictions on smartphones in schools without involving young people in the process risks their use becoming like “smoking behind the bike shed”, a top paediatrician has warned. Baroness ...

Lewis Hamilton fears Mercedes’ refusal to allow him to leave his contract prematurely will put him on the backfoot at Ferrari.

World number one Judd Trump dug in to see off John Higgins in a last-frame decider and book his place in the quarter-finals of the UK Championship, while Zhang Anda made a superb fightback to beat ...

Iga Swiatek has described being given a one-month ban as the “worst experience of my life” as the tennis world was stunned by another doping case involving one of its most high-profile players. The ...

Lando Norris has hit back at Max Verstappen’s “comedy” claim that he would have won the world championship in the British driver’s McLaren. Verstappen saw off Norris’ title challenge to wrap up his ...

Daniel Khalife’s audacious escape from HMP Wandsworth in 2023 revealed significant problems with the prison system. But when the 23-year-old’s trial for spying charges began in October, a running ...

A royal insider has ended his ‘omerta’ to lift the lid on confidential discussions of state he had at a rainy Battersea bus stop in 2020.

Hundreds of National Education Union teacher members in 32 sixth form colleges in England began walkouts on Thursday.

The leaders of the three biggest parties took part in a final canvass push as they hoped to gain an edge in the finely-balanced political battle.

Ireland boss Andy Farrell says it was a “privilege” to be given the chance to revive his coaching career under Joe Schmidt ahead of their hotly anticipated reunion in Dublin. The pair are poised to go ...

Sir Rod Stewart has sensationally attacked Gregg Wallace after it was reported the presenter would be stepping down from his role on MasterChef. Posting on his Instagram account, Stewart said: "So ...

Fine Gael has been dealt a blow in the final hours of campaigning after the Labour Party described a push by Simon Harris to transfer votes to parties like Fianna Fail and Labour as “desperation”.