Francis was elected on March 13 2013 as the 266th pontiff and the Catholic Church’s first Latin American choice.

A brace by Wilson Odobert fired Tottenham into the Europa League quarter-finals with a 3-2 aggregate win over AZ Alkmaar to keep their season alive.

The death of Anne Marie Hochhalter from sepsis in February raised the toll of the deadly spree at the Colorado school to 14.

Life-saving research in rare cancers would be encouraged under a proposed law aiming to improve access to clinical trials in the UK, according to a Labour MP. Scott Arthur said his Rare Cancers Bill ...

Villa will face the French champions in the Champions League quarter-finals after they completed a 6-1 aggregate win over Club Brugge in the last 16.

Hassan Sentamu has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 23 years for murdering the 15-year-old in Croydon.

IMAGES have been released after an oak tree estimated to be around 350 years old was set on fire. The exact time the fire was started is unknown, but Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service responded ...

Glover birdied the last four holes at TPC Sawgrass to card a six-under-par 66 and enjoy a two-shot lead over fellow Americans Alex Smalley and Bud Cauley, Germany’s Stephan Jaeger and England’s Aaron ...

Luke Littler earned bragging rights against his rival Luke Humphries by replacing him at the top of the Premier League table. World champion Littler beat the world number one in the opening ...

Trials have taken place in London as supporters of the project seek to use an alternative to antidepressants to help people with mild symptoms.

Tens of thousands of local government workers are considering strike action over a pay dispute, a union has announced. More than 70,000 local government workers, represented by Unison, are being ...

Further races on Thursday also saw the starter intervene, with jockey Robert James suspended for two days after the stewards found he had not approached the tape at a walk or a jig-jog pace aboard ...