A former prison officer who was attacked by an inmate while she was on duty is campaigning for mandatory protective gear for all prison staff in the UK. Claire Lewis, 50, from Washington in Sunderland ...

Israeli ministers have agreed to ramp up the war against Hamas in Gaza, an official said, with plans to capture more territory in the beleaguered Palestinian enclave and call up tens of thousands of ...

Four boats capsized in a sudden storm on a river in southwestern China, leaving nine dead and one missing, state media said on Monday. More than 80 people fell into the Wu River when strong winds hit ...

A fundraiser set up to support the mother of a 14-year-old boy who died following a fire at an industrial estate in Gateshead has raised more than £13,000.

Hard-right nationalist George Simion is set to secure a decisive win in the first round of Romania’s presidential election ...

A small plane has crashed into a neighbourhood in Simi Valley, California, killing two people and a dog on board the aircraft ...

FAMILIES are being invited to walk through Giant's Castle at Quarry Bank. Walkers can travel through the Western Woods at Quarry Bank and explore ancient semi-natural woodland, the twists and turns of ...

A MOTORIST has appeared in court after refusing to provide a sample for police to analyse. The Widnes man then urinated in a police car in Warrington, leaving the force out of pocket in having to ...

Young professionals in Cheshire's land-based industries are being invited to apply for the John Platt Travel Scholarship.

Former vice president Mike Pence repeatedly invoked the US Constitution and said it is what “binds us all together” after receiving the John F Kennedy Profile in Courage Award on Sunday. Mr Pence ...

The president said he had authorised the tariffs on ‘any and all’ movies coming into the US that had been produced overseas.

Two tourist boats carrying roughly 70 people between them have capsized in the Wu river in China’s southwestern Guizhou province, leaving 14 people missing and three dead, state media said on Monday.