Ricky Ponting insisted there is “absolutely no reason” why Joe Root cannot become Test cricket’s all-time top run-scorer after he was leapfrogged to second on the list by the Yorkshireman.

Local authorities with the greatest proportion of homes owned outright tend to be in coastal areas or away from cities.

There were “failings” in the provision of care for former England cricketer Graham Thorpe in the months before he died, a coroner said, as he recorded a conclusion of suicide at his inquest. The ...

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The defendants, who cannot be named, boarded the bus 20 minutes later each armed with identical machetes hidden in their clothes.

Joe Root moved up to second on the all-time list of Test run-scorers, going past three greats of the game in one fell swoop following a majestic century for England against India.

Wrexham have made an ambitious approach for Christian Eriksen, according to the former Manchester United midfielder’s agent. The 33-year-old Denmark international is without a club after his contract ...

CUMBRIA Police are concerned for the welfare of a missing 46-year-old woman from Barrow. Sarah Bamber was last heard from this morning (July 25). Anyone with information should contact police on 101.

The Forth Road Bridge has been closed to traffic after 10 Greenpeace activists suspended themselves from the structure in order to block a tanker. The group said it wanted to block an Ineos tanker ...

Christian Horner’s replacement Laurent Mekies said he has been tasked with ‘reducing the outside noise’ at Red Bull after revealing he has received several messages of support from his sacked ...

The Moulton Paddocks handler had saddled four of the last six winners of the Listed contest and the William Buick-ridden Time To Turn was a 13-8 favourite to add to his tally off the back of a ...