Sprawling poppy fields in Pakistan's Balochistan have overtaken those in Afghanistan, which produced 80% of the world's opium. The Taliban's 2022 ban on poppy farming in Afghanistan pushed cultivators ...

An installation of more than 20,000 handcrafted poppies, which commemorated VE and VJ day, is being dismantled with the poppies picked, packaged and posted to people who have bought them. The display, ...

"I love playing in this atmosphere and I’ll never take it for granted," McIlroy said after the victory Sam Barnes/Sportsfile via Getty Rory McIlroy celebrated his 2025 Irish Open win with his wife ...

Poppy seller Denis Scaife, a well-known face on the East Coast Main Line, has announced his biggest fundraising challenge to date. Dedicated Denis is preparing to mark ten years of the “Poppy Express” ...

'Grey's Anatomy' star Jessica Capshaw is enjoying being a mom to her son and daughters Jessica Capshaw is a busy mom of four children: Luke, Eve, Poppy and Josephine. The Grey's Anatomy star married ...

Rory McIlroy celebrated his second Irish Open victory at The K Club with an emotional embrace from his wife and young daughter. The Holywood golfer, who produced a dramatic finish to force and then ...

GRAND SLAM champion Rory McIlroy sealed his second Irish Open crown after a nerve-shredding finish at The K Club on Sunday afternoon. The Masters champion, who last won this event at the same venue in ...

Rory McIlroy was the toast of Ireland and the golfing world after his stunning Amgen Irish Open win, but there was one person the champion wanted to see more than any other after his victory.

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Poppy Gustafsson was only in post for 11 months (Photo by: Andy Buchanan/PA Wire) UK investment minister Baroness Poppy Gustafsson is stepping down less than a year after the former boss of cyber ...

11:32, Fri, Sep 5, 2025 Updated: 11:37, Fri, Sep 5, 2025 Keir Starmer’s investment minister is set to quit her position, it has been claimed, sparking major concern for wealth creators. In another ...