Rory McIlroy put on a show for the thousands of fans who cheered his every move at his home Open at Royal Portrush as the Masters champion moved himself into contention on the first day.

The boss of Notting Hill Carnival has said “we can’t ignore the impact of knife crime on our event” as he pledged to work alongside a charity set up by actor Idris Elba.

Three people have been killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church, according to church officials. Several other people, including the parish priest, were injured.

Tonight (Thursday, July 17) he joins an all-star fundraising extravaganza for the Chipping Norton-based Lawrence Nurses – a hospice-at-home charity providing palliative and end-of-life nursing care to ...

A funeral procession will be held later this month for a firefighter who died in the Bicester Motion fire. Martyn Sadler’s funeral will be held on Thursday, July 31 after a procession through the town ...

Fairy Oak confirmed the promise of her fine effort at Royal Ascot with a narrow victory in the Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden at Leopardstown. Second on her Navan debut in early June, Michael ...

Britain’s most powerful supercomputer has come online as the Government unveils plans for a major drive in AI research across the country. Technology Secretary Peter Kyle flicked the switch on the ...

Royal Fixation will aim to give her owners Opulence Thoroughbreds their first ever Group winner in the Sky Bet Lowther Stakes. The Ed Walker-trained filly won impressively on her debut at York before ...

The King has said the commitment of a major centre for Islamic study to “international co-operation” is more “imperative than ever in today’s world”.