Network Rail’s boss has announced his retirement amid a Government overhaul of the sector. Chief executive Sir Andrew Haines said he will leave the company in October after seven years in the role.

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A new report for the Patent Safety Commissioner explored the challenges faced by people with sensory impairment.

Former Ladbrokes Coral supremo Jim Mullen has been appointed as the new group chief executive of The Jockey Club and will take up the role on June 1.

Villa beat Preston in the FA Cup quarter-finals to move a step closer to a first major trophy success since 1996.

Israel ended a ceasefire and renewed its air and ground war against the Hamas militant group earlier this month.

Former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson says she is recovering in hospital following the “success” of an operation that is hoped to prevent complications around a high-risk pregnancy condition.

Matt Jopson will be raising money for Prostate Cancer UK and the Queencort Hospice where his uncle received end-of-life care.

South Korean police plan to question a 56-year-old man on suspicion of starting at least one of the wildfires that devastated the country’s southern regions, killing 30 people and burning more than ...

Murphy looked on proudly as Burn won his first England cap in a World Cup qualifier against Albania five days later at the age of 32 and, having been told repeatedly by Newcastle coach Graeme Jones ...

Residents and local businesses in Westhoughton gathered today for the opening of a highly anticipated clothing shop.

The death toll from the earthquake which hit Myanmar has risen to more than 1,700 as more bodies have been pulled from the rubble, the country’s military-led government said on Monday. Government ...