Bridget Phillipson said a Tory amendment to the schools Bill is unnecessary as she defended removing automatic academisation of failing schools.

Bradford and Walsall are working with police to identify a social media user over a post which referred to the fire at Valley Parade which claimed the lives of 56 people. Police were called in over a ...

Celtic have secured Jota on a five-and-a-half-year contract after the Portuguese winger swapped places with Kyogo Furuhashi. The 25-year-old has completed his move from Rennes 18 months after leaving ...

Comedian Jayde Adams (left) and Steps star Ian ‘H’ Watkins (second left) arrive for the funeral of The Vivienne in Denbighshire, North Wales (Danny Lawson/PA) Also in attendance was Steps singer Ian ...

A dog owner from Cornwall is out to wow the crowds when she enters Crufts in March. Dani Fellows, 29, will show at the world's greatest dog show with her beloved three-year-old Rottweiler/Akita ...

Adam Jones has backed Warren Gatland to turn Wales’ fortunes around as they head into a Six Nations campaign on the back of 12 successive Test defeats.

From the family of the brilliant Champion Hurdle winner Faugheen, and similarly marked with a white blaze, the six-year-old made quite an impression on her bumper debut at Punchestown in January of ...

First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly called on NIE Networks to make goodwill payments to those cut off.

The 25-year-old has completed his move from Rennes 18 months after leaving Celtic in a reported £25million move to Saudi Arabian side Al-Ittihad.

Connections fully expect Potters Charm to rebound at the Cheltenham Festival after an unexpected Trials Day defeat. The six-year-old was contesting the Ais Novices’ Hurdle on Saturday and came into ...

A return to Aintree is top of the agenda for Strong Leader following his fourth-placed finish in the Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham on Saturday. Olly Murphy’s star stayer was a decisive winner of the ...

England’s first choice scrum-half has now been added to the 36-man squad that is in Girona preparing for the match.