Niesr said it was projecting the UK economy would grow by 1.5 this year, lifting its previous forecast of 1.2.

Stevenage boss Alex Revell criticised his team for an “unacceptable performance and result” after they crashed to back-to-back defeats for the first time since the end of October.

Kyle Cameron’s first goal for the club earned Barrow back-to-back League Two wins for the first time since September after a 2-1 victory over MK Dons. Scott Hogan fired the Dons ahead before Kian ...

Three second half goals helped Southend earn a 3-1 victory over Vanarama National League promotion hopefuls Halifax. An early chance for Halifax saw Max Wright’s shot well blocked and Southend nearly ...

Bobby Thomas scored a winner in the fourth minute of stoppage time as Coventry beat QPR 1-0 at the CBS Arena. The game looked to be heading for stalemate when Thomas nodded in from Jack Rudoni’s ...

Storm Eowyn caused millions of pounds of damage to school buildings across Northern Ireland, Stormont has heard. The storm brought high speed gusts which felled trees and damaged power lines across ...

Bell has also been taking lessons from the sport’s ultimate underdog, GB team-mate Dave Ryding, who capped his remarkable journey from the Pendle dry slope to the top of the World Cup podium when he ...

The football community came together to pay their final respects to the great Denis Law in Manchester on Tuesday. An exquisite footballer and a brilliant man, the much-loved former Manchester United ...

Wind farms are subject to the “highest levels of national security”, Downing Street has stressed, amid reports ministers could sign off on Chinese involvement in a major North Sea project. Treasury ...

Stormont Economy Minister Caoimhe Archibald said the Stormont Executive had agreed that she should seek a Legislative Consent Motion (LCM) for the Bill in the Assembly. “Early i ...

Fans have scrambled to get pre-sale tickets to the one-off Black Sabbath show. Frontman Ozzy Osbourne is reuniting with the original line-up – Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward – for the first ...