Sir Mark Cavendish claimed victory in his final race as a professional cyclist. The 39-year-old produced a trademark sprint finish to cross the line first in the Tour de France Prudential Singapore ...

Sir Mark Cavendish wrapped up his record-breaking career in fitting style by winning Sunday’s Singapore Criterium. Here, the PA news agency looks at the Manx Missile’s achievements. Cavendish’s ...

An Israeli air strike on the northern Gaza Strip has killed at least 17 people, according to local hospital officials. Dr Fadel Naim, director of the Al-Ahly Hospital in Gaza City, said nine women are ...

Jamie Oliver has apologised for a children’s book he wrote after it was criticised for causing offence to First Nation Australians.

Hospitality bosses have told Rachel Reeves her changes to National Insurance are “regressive in their impact on lower earners”, it has ...

Firefighters in southern California have gained ground on a wildfire that has ravaged more than 100 structures as gusty winds subsided. Evacuation orders have been downgraded to warnings for residents ...

The main tax rise in Rachel Reeves’s fiscal statement was a change to employers’ national insurance contributions.

The death toll from a bombing at a railway station in troubled south western Pakistan has risen to at least 26, officials ...

In July, Israeli air strikes hit a girls’ school in Gaza’s central city of Deir al-Balah, killing at least 30 people ...

Visitors to the Lake District are racing to visit one of its ‘best kept secrets’ this Christmas. The Millerbeck Light Railway, found in Staveley-in-Cartmel near Newby Bridge, will be hosting two ...

A couple who met over a decade ago, finally tied the knot and eloped in front of their closest friends. Carly Harris, a 35-year-old Project Management Officer married Dominic Moore, a 32-year-old ...