VE Day often overshadows VJ Day, descendants of Second World War veterans have said during a screening of their wartime letters. Passers-by paused to watch recordings of loved ones’ reading excerpts ...

James ‘Jim’ Wren survived the sinking of HMS Repulse in December 1941 after it was torpedoed in the South China Sea.

A New York resident has admitted he tried to smuggle protected turtles worth more than one million US dollars from the US to Hong Kong by shipping them in boxes labelled “plastic animal toys”.

The Reds have splashed out almost £300m on new signings and also had a £110m offer for Isak turned down by Newcastle.

A community in Co Down has been “shaken and upset deeply” by the attack on a priest and the death of a man at the weekend, Bishop Alan McGuckian has said. Father John Murray was struck on the head in ...

Sky Sports will take steps to ensure Roy Keane does not have to face hostile fans at Premier League matches. A 43-year-old Arsenal fan was convicted of headbutting Keane at a match at the Emirates ...

The 25-year-old Sweden international was the subject of a rejected £110million bid from Premier League champions Liverpool.

Everything will need to go to plan for Porta Fortuna to make her comeback in the Coolmore America “Justify” Matron Stakes on September 13. Donnacha O’Brien’s stable star has been absent since making a ...

Wildfires burned in parts of Europe on Tuesday as millions of people across the continent struggled to adapt to the new reality: record summer heat.

New Match of the Day host Mark Chapman will also front some of Sky Sports’ live Premier League football coverage this season. Chapman is one of three new presenters on the BBC’s Saturday night ...

Fewer students who are receiving their post-16 results this summer met the entry requirements for A-level courses two years ago, Ucas’s ...

Former Premier League referee David Coote has been given an eight-week suspension and told to attend an education programme over abusive words he used about ex-Liverpool head coach Jurgen Klopp. Coote ...