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 ...

Free breakfast clubs are set to launch at 750 schools across England next week as teachers expressed concerns that Government funding behind the flagship scheme will fall short of the cost.

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

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

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.

The two sides exchanged hundreds of prisoners as the Russian president revealed a temporary cessation of fighting.

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 ...

The Seagulls shipped three goals, had Joao Pedro sent off - which will mean a three-game ban and lost Jan Paul van Hecke amid worry scenes. Our audio review from the riverbank focusses on that second ...

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 ...

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 ...

Police have launched an investigation after seven statues were daubed with graffiti before thousands of trans rights protesters marched through central London. The Metropolitan said its officers were ...