American naval ships use USS before the ship's name, but with British ships it's HMS. There's a reason, and a lot of history, ...

Match official Tom Foley is to leave his role at the Rugby Football Union after 15 years' refereeing to "pursue new opportunities". Foley, from Bath, began his career officiating in the National ...

The elder brother of the notorious King Henry VIII, Arthur was supposed to lead his country into glory. Instead, fate dealt him one of the most infamous twists in history, changing the future forever.

The South Blockhouse – part of a series of castles and fortifications ordered by Henry VIII – had "enormously thick" brick walls and was bristling with cannon. It was built to protect the port ...

Sale Sharks 27 Northampton 24 It was in a losing cause, but Henry Pollock scored the kind of try that will be talked about for years as his burgeoning talent showed itself once again. The 20-year ...

Mark Rylance (left) as Thomas Cromwell and Damian Lewis as King Henry VIII in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light. Spanning four intense years, the plot is again driven by Henry’s succession of ...

The King has cancelled today's engagements due to "temporary side effects" from his cancer treatment. Buckingham Palace said after "scheduled and ongoing medical treatment for cancer" on Thursday ...

A FORMER Tongan test rugby player has denied knocking out an off-duty police officer that was trying to break up an argument at the King Street Hotel earlier this month. Sam began his Newcastle Herald ...

Lions head coach Ivan van Rooyen has named an unchanged starting XV ahead of his side's United Rugby Championship clash against Glasgow ... centre to wing as Yaw Penxe takes over from the injured ...

Erin King couldn’t keep still as she stood for Ireland’s Call in the minutes before her first game in the Six Nations last Saturday in Belfast. The Ireland flanker was smiling, buzzing ...

His Majesty King Charles III's property staff are poised for Sunday's clock change, which is a process that will take them 40 hours to complete! In the meantime, it's all change at Sandringham ...

Wadsworth said the Henry VIII portrait "reveals the grand opulence of the king's reign." ...