The Sunderland goalkeeper has had another excellent 12 months, bolstering his already-lofty reputation thanks to some fine shot-stopping and a willingness to command his 18-yard box. He was one of the ...

British-Canadian computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton said we need to be “very careful” and “very thoughtful” about the development of artificial intelligence (AI) which he says is a “potentially very ...

Scotland welcomed 2024 in explosive style with the traditional fireworks display over Edinburgh Castle at the Hogmanay street party. The 12 months which followed saw electoral change, footballing ...

Soap supremo Sir Phil Redmond says that “courage has gone out of broadcasting” in recent years, and suggested that TV watchdog rules should be broken more often. TV writer Sir Phil, who created ...

The average points total required to win automatic promotion from the Championship in the last five years has been just shy of 90. That means Boro would need 54 points in the second half of the season ...

Eddie Howe is hoping his current Newcastle United line-up is better than the team that finished fourth two seasons ago.

IT was four minutes to four on February 4, 1944. "I saw a flame, shaped like a big bat's wing, come from the loading area – it must have been 50 or 60 yards across, " recalled the chief goods clerk ...

A prison officer has been arrested after she was allegedly filmed having sex with an inmate. Footage of the guard and male prisoner was shared with prisoners at HMP Five Wells, Northamptonshire, the ...

Armed police responded to reports of a robbery in Stockton on Boxing Day evening. The police received reports of the incident at 8:35om on High Newham Road in Hardwick. Pictures from the scene show a ...

The victim reported being approached by two unknown men near Harry Ramsden’s, in Old Steine, around 3.30am on Saturday.

DANNY Rohl pinpointed three things that he felt were key in Sheffield Wednesday's Boxing Day comeback at Middlesbrough - and insisted there was no element of disappointment that the Owls didn't end up ...

A Nasa spacecraft which made the closest-ever approach to the sun is safe and “operating normally”, the space agency said. On Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar Probe came within 3.8 million miles of the ...