Jockey Michael O’Sullivan is in intensive care following a fall at Thurles on Thursday. O’Sullivan was riding Wee Charlie for Gerard O’Leary and was one of three fallers at the last in the two-mile ...

Nicky Henderson’s Sir Gino will not run in Saturday’s William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Game Spirit Chase at Newbury. The five-year-old has been ruled out of the Grade Two contest due to a minor ...

The Liberal Democrats have retained the Lyngford ward seat on Taunton Town Council following a by-election on Thursday, February 6, 2025.

THIS spring, as part of the Museum of Somerset’s Spotlight Loan programme, the South West Heritage Trust will be marking the 340th anniversary ...

The New Inn at Halse, Somerset, a pub that nearly closed down is now a "flourishing" community pub has just hired a new Head Chef and ...

TAUNTON School has been ranked highly in a list of the 200 best sports schools in the UK. The school, situated on Staplegrove Road in town, is an independent day and boarding school in Taunton. It has ...

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has suggested he fears “bills will keep rising” without a switch to “clean home-grown power”. On Thursday, a jump in inflation was accredited to higher-than-expected ...

China has criticised what it called US “coercion” after Panama declined to renew a key infrastructure agreement with Beijing following Washington’s threat to take back the Panama Canal.

The order signed by Mr Trump accuses the ICC of engaging in “illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our ...

Ireland have recalled back-row forward Peter O’Mahony and centre Robbie Henshaw for Sunday’s Guinness Six Nations match against Scotland. Former captain O’Mahony, who was left out of Simon Easterby’s ...

France are strong favourites to storm Twickenham and continue their march to a title showdown with Ireland in Dublin on March 8.

Hungary under Mr Orban has for years enacted crackdowns on NGOs and the country’s independent media, passing laws that critics argue seek to stigmatise and hinder groups that provide protection for ...