Some 700 paratroopers took part in the jump, including the Red Devils, the British Army’s freefall parachute display team. The event commemorates the anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem, part of ...

Whitehaven Coastguard took part in the session on the harbourside on Wednesday, September 18. The training revolved around rope rescue and related training. In a post on social media, Whitehaven ...

A Labour mayor has said he thinks there will be “a spoonful of sugar along with the medicine” in the Budget next month.

EGREMONT ABC's Billie Donaldson has been picked to represent the North West region in an International Box Cup. In the 70kg category on September 28, Billie along with the other eight female athletes ...

Meliesha Jones was dealing with a customer complaint with a colleague when she pressed reply instead of forward on an email.

Thousands of beer lovers have descended on Munich for the start of the world’s largest folk festival. Mayor Dieter Reiter ...

Sir David Jason, known for his iconic role as Del Boy in the sitcom Only Fools and Horses has revealed a “mistake” he thinks the show’s creator made.

A lost cat has been reunited with his owners after an incredible 900-mile journey across the US. Rayne Beau — pronounced “rainbow” — made it home to California two months after getting lost in ...

Ministers have sought to end the perception they are leading “very different lives” to the public ahead of Labour’s party conference amid efforts to draw a line under a row about clothing donations to ...

Sir Mick Jagger has said he is “so sad” at the death of Cleo Sylvestre, “the first female vocalist to sing with the Stones”. Sylvestre, also known as Cleopatra Palmer, who had been a feature of film, ...

The death toll from an Israeli air strike on a Beirut suburb has risen to 31, including seven women and three children, ...

So far, there have been no reports of injuries from the heavy rain but many homes were flooded and some residents in two ...