Essex bowler Cook received a long-awaited call-up after several years as one of county cricket’s most reliable wicket-takers.

A domestic abuse victim who stabbed her partner multiple times with a kitchen knife while he slept has been jailed for a minimum of 12 years. Julie Anne McIlwaine 34, from Hazel Close, Lagmore, in ...

A care home boss said 92-year-old Donald Burgess looked ‘possessed’ before the alleged assault by police officers, ...

Daniel Tatters, whose DNA was found on a lighter at the scene, and look-out Dale Francis will be sentenced on Thursday for killing Akashdeep Singh.

Sir Adrian Montague said he may have ‘misspoken’ during an Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) committee session with MPs last week.

Matt Sherratt will resume interim head coach duty for Wales’ two-Test Japan tour in July. Cardiff boss Sherratt took charge for Wales’ final three Six Nations games this season after Warren Gatland ...

A British man on trial for drug offences has pleaded for leniency in a court on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali after a charge that could carry the death penalty was dropped.

Reform UK is the most popular political party among voters and the Conservatives have fallen into fourth place, the latest opinion polling reveals. Nigel Farage’s party has the backing of 29% of the ...

Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen was forced into a draw by more than 143,000 people worldwide playing against him in a single, record-setting game.

A Conservative councillor said he is “heartbroken” that his wife’s appeal bid against her 31-month sentence for inciting racial hatred has been dismissed at the Court of Appeal.

The former England international is to hang up his boots upon completion of the Tigers’ Gallagher Premiership title pursuit next month.

Joshua Zirkzee, Diogo Dalot and Leny Yoro were all involved as Manchester United trained on the eve of their Europa League final against Tottenham. Forward Zirkzee has missed United’s last eight games ...