A former presenter has recalled Chris Rea asking for his song to be played on radio before he signed a recording contract.

Lock Cormac Izuchukwu says "pride in the province" is what helps make Irish derbies special as Ulster prepare to take on Connacht this weekend.

Conservationists in Somerset are attempting to save one of the UK's rarest plants from the brink of extinction. The starved ...

Oxford United head coach Gary Rowett has been sacked with the club in the Championship relegation zone. The U's have won just one of their past 10 games and are two points from safety, after slipping ...

Arsenal are without a trophy since winning the FA Cup in Arteta's first season in 2020, but will see the Carabao Cup as a potential stepping stone as they look to challenge for both the Premier League ...

Five people are still unaccounted for but crews have rescued multiple people from the partially collapsed building, officials ...

Leicester have won each of their last four league games against Watford, their longest ever winning run against the Hornets.

There could be snowfall in the south west on Christmas day, a forecaster has said. Even though forecasters have not predicted a white Christmas, there's "a very small chance" of snow falling on ...

Ukraine has tried to evacuate areas of Sumy region near the Russian border, but many civilians have refused to leave.

A restaurant boss says he is "very distressed" following a fire at his business, which investigators believe was started ...

Sarah Teasdale Executive Producer: Eve Streeter Music by Eclectic Sounds A Raconteur Studios production for BBC Radio 4 ...

A Labour Party regional head office has had its windows and doors smashed and walls graffitied with "free Gaza". Northumbria ...