The two men traded maximums in an enthralling contest before Van Gerwen capitalised on a Rydz miss to take it 5-3.

In another New Year staple, darts fans again flocked to London’s Alexandra Palace, many in costume, to see what the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune would bring in 2025.

A former volunteer police officer has been charged with dangerous driving. Ex-Special Sergeant Martin Webb, 60, was charged following an investigation into a crash between a marked police vehicle and ...

Christian Walton has been told he was overdue his big chance as he helped cause a major Premier League shock. The former Albion goalkeeper came into the Ipswich Town side and helped them beat Chelsea ...

Some residents have been asked to evacuate where flood warnings have been issued, Manchester City Council said.

The League One clash between Wigan and Huddersfield was also postponed earlier on Wednesday due to flooding in the area. Despite the pitch at the Brick Community Stadium being playable, the game ...

Arnold Ruutel, the last communist leader of Soviet Estonia and the Baltic country’s second president after the restoration of independence, has died at the age of 96. The office of the President of ...

A train has hit a fallen tree on the railway. Services running to and from East Grinstead are unable to operate due to the obstruction on the track in Lingfield. Southern has advised that services on ...

A 17-year-old is fighting for his life in hospital after a stabbing in south London on New Year’s Day. The Metropolitan Police said they were informed by the London Ambulance Service of a stabbing at ...

In Berlin, 30 police officers and one firefighter were injured in confrontations or attacks, leading to 400 arrests, city officials said.

Police and the FBI are at odds over whether the incident in the city’s French Quarter in the early hours of New Year’s Day was a terror attack.

A Co Armagh community is still in shock over the deaths of a father and son in a crash just two days after Christmas, their funeral has heard. Peter Devlin and his son Loughlin, from Killylea, were ...