Kyren Wilson fell victim to the ‘Crucible Curse’ as he crashed out in the first round of the World Snooker Championship in a dramatic 10-9 defeat to China’s world number 39 Lei Peifan.

It began with a poor kick out by Verbruggen from which the ball came straight back and to the feet of Wissa in the right-hand channel. He reversed it Mbeumo, who opened his body up and curled a ...

In one small step for robot-kind – thousands of them, really – humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in a half-marathon in the Chinese capital Beijing on Saturday.

On the battlefield, Russia’s defence ministry said on Saturday that its forces pushed Ukrainian troops from the village of Oleshnya, one of their last remaining footholds in Russia’s Kursk region, ...

The Energy Secretary said both Reform UK and the Tories were prepared to concoct falsehoods to ‘pursue their ideological agenda.’ ...

The long-serving 29-year-old started both legs of the quarter-final clash with the French champions on the bench.

Lando Norris labelled himself a “f*****g idiot” and said he had let himself down after crashing out of qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The British driver looked set to duel it out for ...

A man has been charged with murder after the body of a woman who was last seen leaving work a week ago was discovered. Paria Veisi was reported missing after leaving her workplace in the Canton area ...

Special pouches used to lock students’ phones during the day were introduced at Birchwood Community High School in September.

Chris Richards was controversially sent off with a second yellow card in first-half stoppage time of a contest which never found a flow.

It has been revealed that high street bank Santander will close 23 branches in June. It is believed it is part of its move to close 95 banks before September. Three branches will shut in Wales, while ...

Six men have been arrested in connection with the death of a woman hit at a golf club by a van being chased by police. Suzanne Cherry, 62, of Aldridge, Walsall, died in hospital after she was struck ...