Imposing restrictions on smartphones in schools without involving young people in the process risks their use becoming like “smoking behind the bike shed”, a top paediatrician has warned. Baroness ...

The leaders of the three biggest parties took part in a final canvass push as they hoped to gain an edge in the finely-balanced political battle.

Lewis Hamilton fears Mercedes’ refusal to allow him to leave his contract prematurely will put him on the backfoot at Ferrari.

World number one Judd Trump dug in to see off John Higgins in a last-frame decider and book his place in the quarter-finals of the UK Championship, while Zhang Anda made a superb fightback to beat ...