The UK’s manufacturing downturn worsened last month with activity falling to a nine-month low, as firms faced less demand and cutbacks as concerns grow over the economic outlook, according to new data ...

Andy Farrell expects Ireland to “kick on” in his absence as he turns his attention to assembling a coaching team for next year’s British and Irish Lions tour to Australia. Simon Easterby took over ...

Ange Postecoglou is hopeful injury-hit Tottenham will have reinforcements for Thursday’s trip to Bournemouth. Dominic Solanke was the latest Spurs player to join a growing list of absentees after he ...

Thousands of giant panda sculptures will greet residents and tourists in Hong Kong, where enthusiasm for the bears has grown since two cubs were born in a local theme park. The 2,500 exhibits were ...

Volkswagen workers have launched rolling two-hour strikes at nine factories across Germany to underline their resistance to ...

The 86-year-old told an Australian news programme he had been diagnosed with an ‘aggressive, non-fixable cancer’.