Firefighters attended an incident at the junction of Alefounder Close and Avon Way in Colchester, at about 9pm. Residents described hearing a “big bang” under the bonnet of a car before it caught fire ...

A man has died following a shooting incident at a shopping centre in Co Carlow. The PA news agency understands that it appears that the dead man’s wounds were self-inflicted. A young girl was also ...

Root became his country’s record ODI run-scorer as his 166 not out set up a series-clinching victory over the West Indies.

An exit poll in Poland’s presidential run-off showed that the race was still too close to call. The results could set the course for the nation’s political future and its relations with the European ...

The 42-year-old former England seamer had not played a sprint-format match since the Red Rose faced Warwickshire at Edgbaston in August 2014.