The Government confirmed on Friday that West Cumbria Mining withdrew its application for the site near Whitehaven.

Trading has been hammered in the aftermath of President Donald Trump unveiling his full range of import taxes on countries around the world.

A man who gouged out an 87-year-old pensioner’s eye and beat him to death with his own walking stick has been locked up indefinitely. Sekai Miles, 23, subjected Bernard Fowler to a “brutal” random ...

The youth, who cannot be identified due to his age, was convicted by a majority verdict of killing Jahziah Coke.

A woman will commentate on Saturday’s Grand National for the first time in more than 70 years. Gina Bryce will take the third leg of the commentary from Aintree racecourse in Merseyside for BBC Radio ...

The council declared a major incident earlier this week in a bid to increase collections of bin sacks amid a huge pile-up of waste on the street.

The actor denies the misconduct allegations and has said several people who have made claims are part of a conspiracy to defame him.

Detectives began an investigation after Brand was accused of rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse by several women in a joint investigation by The Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4 Dispatches ...

A driver who accelerated through a red light and fatally struck a boy scout as he was crossing the road has been jailed for ...

Israeli strikes have killed more than a dozen people in the Gaza Strip, as Israel sent more ground troops into the ...

Sadiq Khan said he expects to see a difference “from today” and that the Chancellor and Prime Minister are “quite serious” in giving him the powers, which could see bars open later and more al fresco ...