At least 49,000 A&E visits last year saw patients wait 24 hours or more for a hospital bed – with people aged 65 or over accounting for almost 70% of cases, the Liberal Democrats have said.

A fire that engulfed two flats at a building in east London was tackled by 100 firefighters. London Fire Brigade (LFB) said 15 fire engines dealt with the blaze on Leman Street in Aldgate on Sunday ...

Lucy Bronze refused to count Chelsea out of the Champions League after they went down 4-1 to holders Barcelona in the first leg of their semi-final in Spain. Ewa Pajor fired the hosts in front in the ...

Skipper Haseeb Hameed had earlier carried his bat for an unbeaten 138 as Notts added 163 run to their overnight total of 204 for five, with Michael Booth claiming five for 90 to leave the home side ...

Oscar Piastri moved ahead of Lando Norris and into the drivers’ championship lead with victory at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as Max Verstappen paid the price for a first-lap penalty.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has his sights set on history after his side moved another step closer to a sixth treble in nine years. A 5-0 Hampden win over St Johnstone set up a Scottish Gas ...

Leicester have lost so many games because they have not been able to find the net with any sort of regularity. Their 2-2 draw at Brighton last week came after drawing a blank in eight successive ...

Mark Williams was forced to dredge up every ounce of his Crucible experience to sink rising Chinese star Wu Yize 10-8 and book his place in the last 16 of the World Snooker Championship for the 22nd ...

Absurde helped Willie Mullins reduce Dan Skelton’s lead in the trainer’s championship to £27,877 when leading home a one-two for the defending champion in the BetGoodwin Sussex Champion Hurdle ...

Holger Rune stunned home favourite Carlos Alcaraz to win the Barcelona Open. Spaniard Alcaraz had hoped to claim a third title in Catalonia and second in a row after winning in Monte Carlo last ...

Celtic hit four goals in 12 first-half minutes to sweep past St Johnstone and into the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup final. The holders wreaked vengeance following defeat in Perth two weeks ago as they ...

US vice president JD Vance met Pope Francis briefly on Sunday to exchange Easter greetings, after they got into a long-distance tangle over the Trump administration’s migrant deportation plans.