Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will meet with the French president Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, Downing Street has said. Illegal migration and support for Ukraine are likely to be among the topics up ...

Marcus Meade, 39, was hit in the chest by a single bullet fired by a West Mercia Police firearms officer after a five-and-a-half-hour standoff.

A 17-year-old student based in Workington has completed his first project solving a real-life engineering challenge.

MPs will vote on Kemi Badenoch’s call for a national inquiry on grooming gangs after she warned that Sir Keir Starmer’s refusal to back it would fuel concerns about a “cover-up”. The Prime Minister ...

Temperatures are set to drop sharply, with lows of minus 16C possible in Scotland and northern England overnight on Thursday.

Former One Direction star Liam Payne’s medical cause of death has been confirmed in a UK inquest opening as “polytrauma”. A hearing, which Buckinghamshire Coroner’s Court said was held on December 17, ...

A series of drop-in sessions aimed at reducing suicide rates are set to be held in Cumberland libraries. The events, part of a research project named 'The Big Question', will take place between ...

A WEST Cumbrian town council have been left 'disappointed' after vandals have cut the chains to the swings at a new play area.

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey called for changes amid the US businessman’s continued interest in British politics and support for Reform UK.

A top NHS doctor has warned the peak of the flu season is yet to come as hospitals in England grapple with high demand. It comes as several NHS trusts declared critical incidents because of sustained ...

The head of a Republican group in the UK said optimism and expectations are ‘really high’ ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to call off Friday’s sentencing in his hush money case in New York.