The First Minister said he was determined to end the ‘vicious circle’ of high waiting times and delayed discharge.

Alan Shearer also sees issues as Ange Postecoglou struggles to get the best out of Spurs in the Premier League.

Emma Raducanu came up short in a three-hour marathon to crash out in the first round of the Singapore Open. The British number two lost 5-7 7-5 7-5 to Spain’s Cristina Bucsa in a match featuring 17 ...

But 30 years ago it was Jodami who ruled the roost at Leopardstown, as he galloped to his third straight Irish Gold Cup title. Long before the DRF came into existence, it was the staying chase that ...

Scotland’s First Minister has said reconnecting power in Scotland following Storm Eowyn has been a “colossal” task and the impact is a “warning that climate change is with us”. Tens of thousands of ...

Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has been told by a fans’ group that now is “the worst possible time” to change ticket prices amid the club’s struggles on the pitch.

Stronger safeguards are needed in the proposed new law on assisted dying to protect against people requesting to end their lives because they feel they are a burden on society, James Cleverly has said ...

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has extended his more than three decades in power after an orchestrated election that the opposition and the European Union rejected as a sham.

The airport said its proposal would allow the site to reach its permitted limit for passenger numbers with fewer flights.

The Tanaiste has defended the decision by Michael D Higgins to raise the ongoing conflict in Gaza during his speech to an annual Holocaust memorial event in Dublin. Protesters were removed from the ...

TransPennine Express has unveiled a new photography exhibition at two railway stations to celebrate its ‘inclusive’ workforce.

Mark Wood was “surprised but pleased” to learn he is unlikely to get any cotton wool treatment from Brendon McCullum despite the important challenges on the horizon for England.