The A66 is closed in both directions between B6542 at Appleby-in-Westmorland and the A685 at Brough due to a lorry fire.

Sunday’s figures take the total number of crossings since Sir Keir Starmer became Prime Minister to 25,958. The daily total is still some way off the highest number of daily crossings recorded, which ...

The three-party coalition came together after the far-right Freedom Party emerged as the strongest political force in a parliamentary election.

Manufacturing job cuts happened at the fastest rate since 2020 last month as rising taxes and inflation pushed up factory costs and output hit a 14-month low amid fears over trade tariffs. The S&P ...

Karolina Zurawska, from Gendros, Swansea, pleaded guilty at Swansea Crown Court on Monday to the manslaughter of Alexander Zurawski.

Haverigg Primary School was given new equipment by United Utilities' Community Fund to help with its clean-up work.

A charity worker who ran more than 100 miles to every station on a train network has raised more than £40,000. Alex Rigby completed 109 miles around the Merseyrail network in 28 hours – even ...

National Savings and Investment (NS&I) has announced the 2025 March winners. Only two lucky winners get to claim the top million-pound prize with the first claimed by a winner from Cumbria with the ...

A third man has been charged with murder following a house fire that killed a mother and her three children. Bryonie Gawith, 29, Denisty Birtle, nine, Oscar Birtle, five, and 22-month-old Aubree ...

On Sunday night at the Vatican, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski presided over the evening rosary prayer in St Peter’s Square.

Members of Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team searched car parks to check for the group's vehicle but further information came in during the search.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said US President Donald Trump has a ‘wholly unconventional’ approach to politics.