Council workers in Scotland have backed a formal vote on strike action if a forthcoming pay offer is too low, a union has announced. GMB Scotland balloted its members on whether to hold a formal vote ...

The Duke of Edinburgh has led the nation in commemorating Australia and New Zealand’s war losses during a poignant dawn service marking Anzac Day. Edward laid a wreath at Hyde Park Corner in London, ...

The Department for Education’s response has been branded ‘deeply disappointing’ and a missed opportunity for ‘meaningful change’ by ...

In one of the largest studies of its kind, the World Health Organisation examined data for 280,000 children from 44 countries.

The Waitrose Salted Dairy Butter is being recalled as the product may be unsafe to eat, due to the presence of blue cloth ...

Meet Simon, the ‘lovely’ Raccoon Dog, who celebrated his seventh birthday on Friday April 19 and enjoyed being ‘spoilt’ with ‘endless’ goodies. He was treated to a wide range of enrichment items such ...

Good morning. Welcome to our live blog sharing all the breaking news from across Cumbria on Thursday, April 25. Paul McTaggart signing on to ...

The family of Dame Deborah James have written a letter urging all UK political parties to commit to a long-term cancer strategy “to give more people affected by cancer more time with the people they ...

A GOVERNMENT body has ordered the re-planting of trees along the shore of Windermere. The Forestry Commission has served a restocking notice after trees were cut down next to the water. The notice ...

A FARMER who owes more than £20,000 in fines and legal costs applied to a court to ask for more time to pay money in arrears amid ...

BOSS Pete Wild stressed Barrow need the fans to “push them over the line” in the season-defining game with Mansfield on the final day.

The Foreign Secretary defended the controversial plan to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda as ‘the right one’.