The Health Secretary has said failing hospitals will be named and shamed in league tables and NHS managers sacked if they cannot improve.

Republic of Ireland boss Heimir Hallgrimsson was unaware of the controversy surrounding Robbie Keane’s visit to the camp but says the former captain’s presence was “a good thing” for his squad.

Marcus Osborne was jailed in March for the double killing which left Katie Higton, 27, with 99 injuries; and Steven Harnett, 25, with 24 wounds including mutilated genitals; after which Osborne said: ...

Scotland’s First Minister has given farmers a “cast-iron” guarantee to return £46 million taken from the agriculture budget to combat the cost-of-living crisis. The cash was taken in 2022 and 2023 as ...

SSE boss Alistair Phillips-Davies is to retire after more than 11 years at the helm, as the energy company reported a more than one-quarter jump in profit. Mr Phillips-Davies oversaw SSE’s exit from ...

Song Jae-lim, a South Korean actor known for his roles in K-dramas Moon Embracing the Sun and Queen Woo, has been found dead at his home in the capital Seoul. He was 39. Officials at Seoul’s Seongdong ...

Catherine Mann, an economist and member of the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee, has not yet opted to reduce rates.

For Hashtag United’s dedicated volunteer Tash Luff, matchdays are all about creating a welcoming atmosphere for fans, old and new.

Researchers say the white lines in the sky created by planes can double the amount of warming caused by aviation’s carbon emissions.

Pub group Fuller’s has revealed a £3 million hit from the Budget move to increase employers’ national insurance contributions and joined the growing list of firms warning over price hikes to offset ...

Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill has been urged to intervene after a Co Tyrone man was arrested in the UAE over an online review he posted. Craig Ballentine, 33, from Cookstown, was ...

Artefacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer in the late 1940s as part of the famous Kon-Tiki expedition are being returned to Chile’s Easter Island in the mid-Pacific. In 1947, the ...