The first match of the series had everything right to the very end and pushed players and fans to their limits, says Tom Fordyce

About 50 firefighters are tackling a large blaze at a factory in Sheffield involving 20 tonnes of plastic.

The needs of women offenders are being ignored in the government's plans to overhaul rehabilitation services, a group of MPs says.

The tax affairs of the Prince of Wales and the Duchy of Cornwall will be examined by an influential committee of MPs later.

China's economic growth slows in the April to June period, the second consecutive quarter of weaker expansion.

Archaeologists believe they have discovered the world's oldest known calendar in an Aberdeenshire field.

Most jobs created since the recession are in low-pay industries such as retail, table waiting and residential care, a TUC report has claimed.

A 66-year-old man dies in an effort to protect a convicted paedophile who lived next door, it emerges