The cable provides power to the overhead line equipment, which in turn powers electric trains across the tracks.

Edinburgh defeated Glasgow 10-7 in a Murrayfield dogfight but were unable to stop Franco Smith’s side claiming the 1872 Cup for a third year running. Protecting a 19-point first-leg lead after ...

Hundreds gathered in Hong Kong on Saturday to watch the city’s first pyrotechnics drone show, as part of a campaign to raise support and awareness of panda conservation. The 10-minute drone show ...

Ferry operator CalMac has been forced to cut passengers numbers on one of its vessels to just 45 after it failed a safety check.

Nick Kyrgios has described Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek’s positive doping tests as “disgusting” ahead of his return to tennis. The controversial Australian has played only one match in more than two ...

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker does not believe history is repeating itself and insists it is futile making comparisons between the current Premier League leaders and the team which won a first ...

Nathan Aspinall fired a warning to his rivals after booking his place in the last 16 of the PDC World Darts Championships with a 4-0 win over Andrew Gilding at Alexandra Palace.

From the death of former taoiseach John Bruton, to the unexpected resignation of Leo Varadkar as premier, the year has been dominated by politics.

A murder investigation has been launched after a stabbing victim died in north-west London. Officers were called to reports of an attack in Linacre Road, Willesden Green, at around 4.16am on Saturday.

Hibernian are interested in signing Heart of Midlothian goalkeeper Zander Clark. The keeper, 32, is out of contract at Tynecastle next summer and is free to speak to interested parties about a ...

On Friday at 11am, John Swinney met with representatives from the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation – a charity set up in honour of Doddie Weir, a Scottish rugby union player who died of motor neurone ...

The identity of the winner or winners was not immediately known but the California Lottery said the ticket was sold at Circle K (Sunshine Food and Gas) in Cottonwood, a town 160 miles north of the ...