FIREFIGHTERS are currently at the scene of a fire at an electricity substation in Wickford. Crews were called to High Street, Wickford, at 1.33pm today. Crews from Wickford, Basildon, Rayleigh Weir ...

England lock Ollie Chessum savoured a “first day of school” feeling as the British and Irish Lions assembled for the first time ahead of this summer’s tour of Australia. Andy Farrell’s 38-man squad ...

German police were searching for a man who attacked and injured at least five people in the western city of Bielefeld early on Sunday. Police said three people suffered serious injuries and were being ...

Israel launched “extensive” new ground operations in the Gaza Strip while airstrikes in a new offensive killed at least 103 people, including dozens of children, overnight and into Sunday, hospitals ...

TWO people have been arrested after a woman was bitten by a dog in Loughton. Police say a woman in her 30s sustained an injury to her arm after being bitten by a dog in Highwood Lane at 2.50pm on May ...

Former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson has given birth to identical twins nearly two months prematurely and has revealed their names.

Alyanaabi could be set for a successful season after serving a reminder of his quality in a winning reappearance at Haydock.

Find out more about the UK's rarest snake - the Smooth Snake, including if it's dangerous and where it can be found.

Having already got off the mark at Navan three weeks ago, Charles Darwin remains the ante-post market leader for Ascot’s Norfolk Stakes next month, with Coral keeping his price at 7-2 and Paddy Power ...

Iliman Ndiaye scored the last goals at Goodison Park as Everton signed off 133 years of history with a fitting 2-0 win over an abject Southampton.

The 35-year-old is patron of Horatio’s Garden, a charity that creates peaceful garden spaces for spinal injury patients.

The UK Government should reconsider allowing a second independence referendum if there is an “overwhelming desire” for it in Scotland, Michael Gove has said. The Tory grandee was part of successive ...