Britain’s oldest Second World War veteran, Donald Rose, has died aged 110. The D-Day veteran, who was born on Christmas Eve 1914, is believed to have been Britain’s oldest man. Erewash Borough Council ...

Olympic 800 metres champion Keely Hodgkinson has withdrawn from next Saturday’s London Diamond League meet as she continues to recover from a hamstring issue.

Amanda Anisimova and Iga Świątek are in the women's singles final with Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz set for battle in the men's.

Russia fired 597 drones and decoys, with 26 cruise missiles, into Ukraine overnight, Ukraine’s air force said.

It was two days before Christmas in 1968 when a photographer from the Southend Standard – the Echo’s predecessor – visited a 23-year-old Miss (now Dame) Helen Mirren at her home in Leigh to take some ...

Matt Sherratt hopes Wales’ 31-22 victory over Japan can “be the start of something” after they snapped an 18-match losing Test run. A hard-fought performance saw Kieran Hardy score two tries along ...

The Club World Cup concludes on Sunday as Chelsea take on Paris St Germain in the final in New York. Here, the PA news agency looks at some talking points ahead of the game.

The non-for-profit consumer champion Which? surveyed 1,700 people asking them tor rank their stays at UK holiday parks.

Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales could have their warmest days of the year so far on Saturday, as the third heatwave of the summer peaks.

Tens of thousands are taking to the streets across the region for the traditional Orange Order parades on Saturday.

Tony Holliday’s wife Bev urged travellers to ‘look out for things that we didn’t see’ when going on excursions while on ...

A father-of-three who is suing holiday provider Tui at the High Court after a quad bike crash is “not the same person” after ...