Local government minister Jim McMahon said local government reforms would give elected councillors ‘far more power’ to make decisions in ...

Prosecutors and the defence have agreed to recommend a sentence of between four and six years in prison, according to the plea agreement.

The UK has sent a team of senior officials to Damascus for talks with Syrian’s interim leaders, including banned terror group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the ...

The raid comes a week after fighters marched on the Syrian capital in their lightning offensive that forced Syrian President Bashar Assad to flee.

Cumbrian pupils can now improve their university admission chances with an accolade called the Cumbrian Award.

Britain had failed to comply with EU law on the free movement of European citizens, the commission said. Under the post-Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, EU citizens already living in Britain and their ...

Deputy Prime Minister Ms Rayner said the Government was ‘taking a step towards relighting the fire in our great regions’.

Ofgem has approved proposals to change how the North West's power network handles storms. These plans mean that Electricity North West will spend an extra £40 million over four years across six ...

Four-time semi-finalist James Wade crashed out of the World Darts Championship at the first hurdle as he was thrashed 3-0 by Jermaine Wattimena. Wade, the 16th seed, won the first leg of the round two ...

Russian forces and military vehicles were seen withdrawing from southern Syria on Friday towards their primary base in the city of Latakia.

A murderer has said he “hated” his victim’s mother for campaigning for a key change in the double jeopardy law that eventually brought him to justice. The public parole hearing for William Dunlop, who ...

Chief Inspector Sam Turner of Cumbria Police said: "Operation Merlin has proved extremely effective again over the past 12 months, with 90 individuals sought for offences that include serious assaults ...