Wakefield Trinity’s return to the Betfred Super League has been confirmed following the release of the first official grades by the RFL and its strategic partner IMG.

The newly-merged housebuilder has launched a consultation on the proposed closure of five of nine divisional offices it has earmarked to be shut.

Skygazers could catch a glimpse of celestial fireworks as debris left by Halley’s Comet lights up the night sky.

Find out what Only Fools and Horses creator John Sullivan thought of the 1986 Christmas special A Royal Flush - why he 'banned' it from airing on TV.

A new Alzheimer’s drug has been rejected for widespread use in the health service in England after the health spending watchdog said it “does not currently demonstrate value for the NHS”. The news ...

Former Wales international Gloria O’Connell says it would be a proud moment for the country’s female football pioneers should Jess Fishlock and company complete a 50-year journey from “laughing stock” ...

A rescue operation was launched on Wednesday off the coast of Calais after a life jacket was spotted in the sea.

At least five workers have died and three others were trapped after a seven-storey building under construction collapsed in southern India during heavy monsoon rains, police have said. Thirteen people ...

Asha Patel is now free of cancer and received a message from Matthew Upson, who had also been a pupil at her school, Diss High School in Norfolk.

Harvey Weinstein is due back in court in New York for a hearing ahead of his retrial on sex crimes charges stemming from his landmark #MeToo case. Among other things, Judge Curtis Farber is expected ...

The Royal Mint's rarest coin in circulation has sold for more than 200 times its face value on eBay this week. The King Charles III Atlantic Salmon 50p sparked a mini bidding war amid coin collectors ...

From creepy crawlies to urine in the mini-fridge – hotel cleaners spill the beans about the dark side of the hotel industry.