Food giant Heinz has warned that almost 250 jobs could be cut in the UK and Ireland under organisational changes.

A man has appeared before magistrates today charged with the murder of a 17-year-old girl who went missing from her home.

Judd Trump has his sights set on matching Ronnie O’Sullivan’s haul of four world titles.

A baby boy has died after being bitten by a dog, police in the UK have confirmed.

Supermarket giant Tesco is understood to be close to winding up its stand-alone furnishing chain Home Plus as it regroups and focuses on its core grocery business.

Wolves and Republic of Ireland midfielder Stephen Hunt will start on the comeback trail after more than two months out of action tonight.

JOHN HIGGINS is hoping the “hardest six months of his life” are behind him after winning his third 12bet.com UK Championship title.

An emotional John Higgins claimed lifting his third 12bet.com UK Championship crown was his “finest hour” as a snooker player.

Mark Williams was on course to lift his third 12bet.com UK Championship crown after opening up a 6-2 lead over John Higgins in the best of 19-frame final at Telford.

John Higgins defeated Mark Allen 9-5 in Telford tonight to book his place in the 12Bet.com UK Championship final and close in on a dream return to major championship competition.

John Higgins made a winning return to competitive action in Britain today with a 9-6 victory over Stephen Lee at the UK Championship in Telford.

Three-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan insists he would never throw a snooker match but believes players are regularly offered the opportunity to do so.

IRELAND striker Kevin Doyle is expected to make a swift return to action from the injury which ruled him out of tonight’s European championship qualifier with Slovakia.

Royal Bank of Scotland is axing another 3,500 jobs under plans to more than halve the bank’s administration centres across the UK, it was announced today.

Snooker supremo Barry Hearn has warned he will take strong action if any evidence is discovered of corruption in the sport.

Workers at computer giant Fujitsu are to stage a series of strikes in a long-running row over jobs, pay and pensions, it was announced today.

Ding Junhui is trying to come to terms with the "crazy" feeling of reaching his second successive ranking event final.

Workers at computer giant Fujitsu are to stage six strikes in a row over job cuts, a pay freeze and pension changes, it was announced today.

Ronnie O’Sullivan admits he will need to be on his guard against a confident John Higgins as two of the finest players in world snooker prepare to meet in the semi-finals of the UK Championship.

Ding Junhui and Stephen Maguire are both looking to improve for their semi-final clash after coming through testing encounters at the UK Championship in Telford last night.

Two snooker players were detained by police today in collection with an alleged irregular betting patterns during a UK championship match.

RETIRED British detectives searching for Madeleine McCann yesterday welcomed convicted paedophile Raymond Hewlett’s offer to answer their questions.

Two retired detectives searching for Madeleine McCann hope to speak to a convicted paedophile linked to the investigation within the next 24 hours “at the latest”, the McCann family spokesman said today.

British police were today hoping to interview a convicted paedophile in Germany who is being investigated over Madeleine McCann’s disappearance.

Ryan Day is determined to break his duck and claim a first ranking title on home soil in the Welsh Open which starts tomorrow.

Three men pleaded guilty today to indecent chanting at a football match.

Police today charged 11 people with indecent chanting at a football match

Shaun Murphy claimed a thrilling last-frame victory over Marco Fu to win the Maplin UK Championship in Telford.

Shaun Murphy settled down after a nervy start to lead Stephen Maguire 6-2 in a repeat of last year’s Maplin UK Championship semi-final in Telford.

Former world champion Shaun Murphy was closing in on a place in the UK Championship semi-finals after opening up a 7-1 lead over Stephen Lee in Telford.

WORLD SNOOKER confirmed they will conduct a formal investigation into the betting controversy surrounding Jamie Burnett’s defeat to Stephen Maguire at the Maplin UK Championship in Telford earlier this week.

Two-time champion Mark Williams was locked in a tense quarter-final match with Ali Carter at the Maplin UK Championship in Telford tonight.

Defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan played down the early concession of a frame as he crashed out of the UK Championship.

Five-time champion Stephen Hendry made a first-round exit from this year’s Maplin UK Championship in Telford as Stephen Lee claimed his scalp.

Dubliner Ken Doherty has gone down 9-4 to Graeme Dott in the first round of the Maplin UK Championship Snooker in Telford

Mark Selby will be a man on a mission in Telford when the Maplin UK Championship gets underway tomorrow, with the world number four hoping to go one stage further than last year.

Shaun Murphy is out of the Royal London Watches Grand Prix but veteran John Parrott is through to the last 16.

Upmarket cooker firm Aga Rangemaster today said its order intake dipped 5% this summer amid challenging consumer markets.

Stephen Maguire held his nerve to beat Shaun Murphy 10-9 and be crowned the new Honghe Industrial China Open champion.

Excavation work at a former Jersey care home at the centre of a child abuse scandal will stop today to relieve forensic teams who have been working up to 13 hours a day searching for human remains.

Police today issued a warning after investigating allegations that a former worker at the Jersey care home where where a child’s skull was found approached a victim and told them to keep quiet.

Stephen Maguire has booked his place in the final of the Maplin Electronics UK Championship snooker in Telford.

Scotland’s Stephen Maguire reached the semi-finals of the Maplin UK Championship with a convincing 9-5 win over Mark Williams in Telford.

World number one Shaun Murphy has advanced to the second round of the Maplin UK Snooker Championship in Telford with a 9-5 win over Cardiff's Paul Davies.