Imposing restrictions on smartphones in schools without involving young people in the process risks their use becoming like “smoking behind the bike shed”, a top paediatrician has warned. Baroness ...

World number one Judd Trump dug in to see off John Higgins in a last-frame decider and book his place in the quarter-finals of the UK Championship, while Zhang Anda made a superb fightback to beat ...

Lewis Hamilton fears Mercedes’ refusal to allow him to leave his contract prematurely will put him on the backfoot at Ferrari.

Lando Norris has hit back at Max Verstappen’s “comedy” claim that he would have won the world championship in the British driver’s McLaren. Verstappen saw off Norris’ title challenge to wrap up his ...

Iga Swiatek has described being given a one-month ban as the “worst experience of my life” as the tennis world was stunned by another doping case involving one of its most high-profile players. The ...

Political parties have been making last-ditch attempts to attract votes across the country on the eve of Ireland’s General Election. All the parties and independent candidates spent the final hours of ...