Edinburgh-born Hoy took up cycling at the age of 14 and won his first Olympic medal, a team sprint silver, at Sydney in 2000.

A housing minister has lost her building safety brief after Grenfell survivors complained about her attendance at a ...

The Metropolitan Police say they are conducting a detailed and thorough review after facing criticism over how they dealt ...

There is another rule of thumb the prime minister should take on board: politics and pop do not mix well. The temptation is ...

The Great South Run has been cancelled due to a forecast for high winds and rain - with Storm Ashley expected to hit many ...

Every time her son has a seizure, Ellie (not her real name) is forced to recall the man who shook her tiny baby so violently ...

Moldovans head to the polls today in a vote which could decide if the country moves closer to Europe or back towards Russia.

The British government is being careful not to call Foreign Secretary David Lammy's trip to China a reset in the relationship ...

Max Verstappen ended his lengthy victory drought to win the United States Grand Prix Sprint for Red Bull as title rival Lando ...

A man has been arrested in Tokyo after firebombs were thrown at the headquarters of Japan's ruling party and a car crashed ...

The father of a baby girl killed in the English Channel says he fought desperately to hold on to her, but she slipped from ...

A funeral home in Poland has apologised after a corpse fell out of a hearse and into traffic. Hades Funeral Service, the ...