Japan’s parliament has formally elected Shigeru Ishiba, head of the governing Liberal Democratic Party, as the country’s new ...

The annual Winter Fuel Payment of between £100 and £300 was introduced in 1997 to help eligible pensioners meet the costs of heating their homes ...

Straight off the training ground 💪 USA captain Kate Zackary gets on the scoresheet after her return from injury 🫡 🇺🇸 #WXV | #WXV1 | #USAvENG pic.twitter.com/1SctdSxyfI ...

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 – ...

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 ...

The pop group won the 1976 contest with the song Save Your Kisses For Me at the final in The Hague, in the Netherlands.

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 ...

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

England opener Zak Crawley has signed a contract extension with Kent running to the end of the 2025 season. The 26-year-old Kent academy product made his debut in 2017 and has registered 147 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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