Fitzwilliam Sports owner Paul Byrne has insisted the £100,000 wager his firm took on I Am Maximus to win the Randox Grand National at Aintree on Saturday was a “real bet” and not a publicity stunt.

The 17-year-old scored the opening goal in a sparkling display against Fulham to put Liverpool on course to reach next year’s Champions League.

The Health Secretary said disagreements over the Iran war and Greenland had ‘undoubtedly strained’ UK-US relations.

Dozens of friends and family turned out on Saturday (April 11) to pay a moving tribute to a Farnworth father of two.

The world number two suffered from another erratic driving display but it was compounded by the desertion of his usually reliable iron play.

Firefighters in Greater Manchester will start wearing body-worn cameras following recommendations from the Manchester Arena Inquiry.

Bolton Wanderers sunk to a disappointing 2-0 defeat at Cardiff City - but how did we rate the players on the day?

Marie-Louise Eta has become the first woman to take charge of a men’s team in Europe’s top five leagues after being named head coach of Union Berlin to the end of the season. Eta has been handed the ...

Hungarians are casting ballots in what is widely seen as Europe’s most consequential election this year, a vote that could ...

The fire service was called out to a house in Bolton last night after a garage and a fir tree caught fire. Three fire engines, one from Bolton North and two from Bolton Central stations, arrived at ...

Speaking about the overnight Garda operation on O’Connell Street, protest spokesman Christopher Duffy said he was “upset”, “disappointed” and “angry”. He added: “Nobody in the city of Dublin or the ...

Washington blamed Tehran’s refusal to commit to abandoning a nuclear weapon programme, while Iran cited a ‘gap between our opinions’.