In another New Year staple, darts fans again flocked to London’s Alexandra Palace, many in costume, to see what the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune would bring in 2025.

The out-of-favour United forward was unhappy at a report claiming he had met with a leading sports agency to try to hasten a move away from the club.

The League One clash between Wigan and Huddersfield was also postponed earlier on Wednesday due to flooding in the area. Despite the pitch at the Brick Community Stadium being playable, the game ...

Great Western Railway is offering 150,000 cheap train tickets in its January sale. The south-west’s leading train company is offering 100,000 standard class seats and a further 50,000 First Class ...

A Co Armagh community is still in shock over the deaths of a father and son in a crash just two days after Christmas, their funeral has heard. Peter Devlin and his son Loughlin, from Killylea, were ...

George Cox’s last-gasp penalty saw Swindon Town purge their Colchester United demons with a thrilling 3-2 home win on New Year’s Day. Ollie Clarke returned to the line-up with a header from a free ...

Sailors of the Royal Navy were recalled to HMS Somerset (right) to shadow Russian corvette RFS Soobrazitelny (left) and ro-ro transporter/support ship MV Sparta II (centre) for 500 miles in the North ...

Great Britain will face Poland in the quarter-finals of the United Cup on Thursday despite losing their final group match 2-1 to hosts Australia. After their win over Argentina in the team competition ...

A weather warning for snow is in place for the Swindon and Wiltshire area. The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for snow from 12pm on Saturday, January 4, until 9am on Monday, January 6.

The PA news agency’s photographers provided unrivalled coverage of the world of politics this year as these first rate images show.

Northern Scotland is expected to be hit with snow on New Year’s Day, including Inverness, Aberdeenshire and Caithness and Sutherland in the Highlands and Moray, which are covered by a Met Office ...

A pensioner was killed in a hit-and-run crash on New Year’s Eve. A 70-year-old woman, who was a pedestrian, was struck by a car in Paisley, Renfrewshire, and died at the scene around 7pm on Tuesday.