Pope Francis has ushered in 2025 with a renewed appeal for the faithful to reject abortion, calling for a “firm commitment” to protect and respect life from conception to natural death. The ...

A pensioner was killed in a hit-and-run crash on New Year’s Eve. A 70-year-old woman, who was a pedestrian, was struck by a car in Paisley, Renfrewshire, and died at the scene around 7pm on Tuesday.

Seven people were killed in the Jabaliya area, a woman and child died in the Bureij refugee camp, and three people were ...

Politics in the UK in 2024 was dominated by July’s general election as Labour swept to power ending 14 years of Tory rule. But aside from the election and the hectic campaigning that preceded it, it ...

On Wednesday morning 132 flood warnings, meaning flooding is expected, were in place for England, 10 for Wales and 32 for Scotland.

Flood alerts and warnings have been issued across Cumbria today after harsh weather battered the nation. A yellow weather warning for wind was in place for much of the county yesterday (December 31), ...

Cumbria’s rural policing team have arrested two men in connection with the theft of a quadbike in Dalston over the Christmas period. The two men have been bailed for this offence whilst the police’s ...

Police were called following reports of a vehicle crashing into a pedestrian in north London on Wednesday morning.

Katie Boulter booked Great Britain’s spot in the quarter-finals of the United Cup with victory over Australia’s Olivia Gadecki. After their win over Argentina in the team competition on Monday, ...

A MAN from Carlisle who has led educational and cultural programmes for Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza has been awarded an OBE in ...

Northern Scotland is expected to be hit with snow on New Year’s Day, as organisers of the cancelled Hogmanay event in Edinburgh branded this week “challenging”. The Met Office’s yellow warning that ...

A total of 36,816 people were detected crossing the Channel in small boats during 2024, according to provisional figures from ...