Joe Root stands between England and defeat in the second Test against New Zealand on a day when absent captain Ben Stokes makes 95 for Durham.

The PM will see the stonking scale of Andy Burnham's victory - will it shift his outlook, his defiance, so frequently ...

A migratory sea bird tested positive for the contagious H5 variant of bird flu in Western Australia. Up until now Australia was the only continent which had not detected the strain.

Sibling rivals are lining up for different teams at the World Cup, with seven pairs of brothers in total at this tournament.

Drone footage shot by an eyewitness on Friday (June 19) revealed the scale of a blaze that killed one and forced nearly 1,700 guests to flee a hotel in the Dominican beach resort of Bayahibe.