President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia has started production of its newest hypersonic missiles and reaffirmed its plans to deploy them to ally Belarus later this year.

In a call on Friday, Sir Keir Starmer and Volodymyr Zelensky agreed that ‘it was clear Russia was the only barrier to peace’.

Police have pleaded with a wanted man to hand himself in. Tony Preston, of no fixed abode, is wanted in connection with a number of theft related offences. The 46-year-old is also wanted on warrant ...

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has confirmed the club are closing in on a loan deal for Manchester City defender Jahmai Simpson-Pusey. The 19-year-old centre-back is in Glasgow to finalise a ...

Reformed drugs mule Michaella McCollum has said she signed onto Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins to “push” herself, and not to try and change public perceptions of her. McCollum, from Dungannon, Co ...

The Tolkien Society has written to the Bank of England to suggest that JRR Tolkien should feature on a future.

Term Of Endearment’s rivals include Goodie Two Shoes, who has won her last three races for Joseph O’Brien and JP McManus, while John and Thady Gosden saddle both Sueno and Danielle and Owen Burrows ...

Hugo Palmer’s Seagulls Eleven bagged the big-race victory he has long promised in the Bonhams Thoroughbred Stakes at Goodwood. A son of the trainer’s 2000 Guineas hero Galileo Gold, Seagulls Eleven is ...

Palestine is currently designated by the UN as a “permanent observer state”, a form of non-member state, meaning it cannot vote on decisions made by the UN’s main organs and bodies, such as the ...

Renewable and non-renewable energy sources are not an “either-or”, Rachel Reeves has said after Donald Trump described North Sea oil as a “treasure chest”. On a visit to Lossiemouth on the North Sea ...

Norris trails Piastri by 16 points heading into Sunday’s round at the Hungaroring – the final race before the summer break.

Michael Rosen has paid tribute to Allan Ahlberg and remembered him as a “pioneer of great children’s literature”. The author, known for books including Peepo! and Woof!, died at the age of 87 on July ...