Costas Simitis, the former prime minister of Greece who was the architect of the country joining of the euro, has died aged 88, state TV has reported. Mr Simitis was taken to hospital unconscious in ...

Liverpool City Council’s Safety Advisory Group will reconvene later to determine whether the match can go ahead due to access issues.

Eddie Howe has praised the extraordinary effort of Newcastle defender Sven Botman after he marked his eagerly-anticipated return with a strong display in a 2-1 win at Tottenham. Fabian Schar’s ...

Pensioners are not being asked to downsize to reduce the Government’s reliance on hotels for housing migrants awaiting asylum decisions.

Tottenham have completed their first signing of the January transfer window with the addition of Slavia Prague goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky. Spurs have been without first-choice stopper Guglielmo Vicario ...

Sunday’s Sky Bet League Two fixture between Chesterfield and Gillingham has been postponed. The game was called off after amber weather warnings for snow and ice were issued for parts of England and ...

Osaka retired from the ASB Classic final in Auckland due to an abdominal injury. The four-time Grand Slam champion won the first set against Clara Tauson 6-4 before taking an immediate medical ...

Most of the UK is covered by Met Office weather warnings during Sunday as the cold start to the new year continues.

More than 3,200 grey seal pups were born along a section of the Norfolk coast this season – slightly fewer than last year and possibly due to them finding new breeding grounds elsewhere. The Friends ...

An animal-loving artist has been “putting some positivity out into the world” by painting people’s pets in miniature. Alex Birchmore, 33, began the quirky endeavour in 2014. One of her first paintings ...

New Orleans has mourned, wept and danced at a vigil along the famous thoroughfare where 14 people were killed when a truck was driven into revellers celebrating the new year. A makeshift memorial has ...

Jimmy Carter ‘s long public goodbye began on Saturday in Georgia, with the 39th US president’s flag-draped coffin rolling ...