The vote, expected on Friday, adds to a controversy about the attitude of the front-runner in Germany’s upcoming election towards the far-right.

Leading racehorse owner John Hales has died at the age of 85. Hales, who made his money through the Golden Bear Toys company he co-founded in 1979, which went on to produce products from major ...

Chelsea agreed a world-record deal to sign USA defender Naomi Girma for around £900,000 and also signed Keira Walsh from Barcelona on deadline day.

Efforts are continuing to free a whale which has become entangled in a rope at a fish farm off the Isle of Skye. A member of the public spotted the humpback in difficulty and contacted British Divers ...

Henrietta and Eliza Huszti, 32, vanished on January 7 in Aberdeen and were last seen near the River Dee at 2am.

Bradford cricket icon Adil Rashid is top of the T20 international world rankings again, after a fantastic bowling display for England against ...

“Mistakes were made by the previous government,” a shadow cabinet minister has said, after Kemi Badenoch appeared to slap down her own shadow foreign secretary over immigration figures.

Police have released CCTV images of a man they want to identify following burglary at a business in Horsforth. Officers are seeking the suspect’s identity in connection with the incident at office ...

Former world champion Michael Smith has revealed he is suffering from arthritis in his right hand and is set to see a specialist. Smith’s form has dropped off rapidly since winning the world title in ...

But in an interview with the Scotsman podcast The Steamie, John Swinney expressed his worries over a rise in “populism” ahead of the vote, saying he would not work with Reform in the way he has with ...

Trainer Declan Queally admitted he had initially contemplated waiting until the Boyne Hurdle at Navan on February 9 for Rocky’s Diamond, but is pleased his gamble “paid dividends” as he prepares for ...

Jacob Fearnley delivered an impressive Davis Cup debut as he levelled Great Britain’s tie with Japan after the opening day. With Jack Draper and Cameron Norrie not involved in the first qualification ...