Johnny Sexton insists Finn Russell’s “flash” skills are matched by the defensive steel needed from the British and Irish Lions fly-half to weather the storm coming his way in Brisbane.

Veolia said it has started legal action against Unite and its general Sharon Graham, claiming defamation. The company said the move followed months of protests and “smear campaigns” by the union and ...

Taiwan will not provoke a confrontation with China, the self-ruled island’s vice president has said, lamenting Beijing’s “aggressive military posturing” against the island democracy that China claims ...

The former England captain has been disqualified from getting behind the wheel for 12 months and ordered to pay a total of £7,085.

One child has died and 21 staff members and pupils from Minehead Middle School were injured after a school coach left the A396 in Somerset.

All 29 military and intelligence personnel on board RAF Chinook ZD576 were killed when the aircraft crashed in foggy weather on June 2, 1994.

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander made the claim ahead of c2c becoming the second operator to be nationalised by the Labour Government on Sunday.