Channel 4 chief executive Alex Mahon has said the UK media industry must avoid becoming an “American news swamp” where young people get their news from unregulated platforms such as social media.

Ireland interim boss Simon Easterby expects Sam Prendergast and Jack Crowley to be long-term rivals for the team’s number 10 jersey but insists the former is the “right man” to start against England.

Nasa’s two stuck astronauts have taken their first spacewalk together, exiting the International Space Station almost eight months after moving in.

The 45-year-old and his partner Gemma Watts, 49, have admitted murder and perverting the course of justice by dismembering Ms Mayhew’s body, distributing the parts at “various locations” and cleaning ...

Paul Nicholls feels stamina is the main question Kalif Du Berlais has to answer in Saturday’s Virgin Bet Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase at Sandown. Another smart prospect owned by Sir Alex Ferguson, John ...