Australia head coach Andrew McDonald has suggested next week’s New Year Test in Sydney feels a diminished occasion, stating: “The Ashes were done at 3-0”.

He flew to the UK on Boxing Day and was reunited with his son, who lives in Brighton, after a travel ban was lifted.

Gus Atkinson has been ruled out of the final Ashes Test, leaving England three bowlers down as they close the series in Sydney.

Regional airports are among those facing the steepest increases in business rates in the UK amid an overhaul of the way the tax is calculated.

Posts have emerged dating back to 2010 in which the activist appears to call for violence towards Zionists and the police.

MPs, campaigners and victims of violent crime urge the Government to introduce changes to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.

The National Trust’s annual round up of the year shows the impacts of climate-fuelled extremes on landscapes and wildlife.

Then-taoiseach John Bruton raised the issue with British prime minister John Major after several safety incidents over a short period in the 1990s.

Donald Trump said talks to secure a US-backed peace deal for Ukraine are “closer than ever before” after he met with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky in Florida. But the two leaders acknowledged ...

A report into a riot by English spectators at a football match between England and Ireland in Dublin in 1995 found pre-game safety decisions and information was “not clearly understood”, according to ...

More than 300 earthquakes have been recorded in the UK this year, according to the latest data. Among the most active regions were Perthshire and the western Highlands in Scotland, southern parts of ...

A raft of major UK retail and hospitality brand shut down stores across the UK this year, amid pressure on consumer finances and rising costs.