A record 383 aid workers were killed in global hotspots in 2024 – nearly half of them in Gaza during the war between Israel and Hamas, the UN humanitarian office said. UN humanitarian chief Tom ...

POLICE are continuing to appeal for information after a woman was reportedly raped in Whitehaven. Police were contacted at 2:32 am on Sunday, August 17 to a report of an incident in Castle Park. The ...

Jean Flick, 88, with daughter Frances, 60, in the garden at her home in Thorpeness, which is at risk of falling into the sea following coastal erosion (Joe Giddens/PA) ...

The UK Government has dropped its demand for Apple to access users’ data amid a privacy and encryption row, according to the US director of national intelligence.

Carl Bennett, 39,  was last seen driving a silver Subaru Forester car (reg: GJ53 TZZ) in the early hours of this morning (Tuesday, August 19).

A teenager fled to Paris and survived on Uber Eats deliveries after allegedly carrying out a gang-related fatal shooting, a court has heard. The 17-year-old youth, who cannot be identified, is accused ...

WEST CUMBRIAN FEDERATION (421 birds): 1,2, Nolan, Hetherington, Coultas and Easdon (Cleator Moor) 1611,9, 1611,9; 3, D. Harrison and son (Egremont Rangers) 1611.05; 4,5, 6, D. Lofthouse (Lowca) 1610, ...

The sport’s official charity, Rugby League Cares, is holding its next Brain Health Clinic in Workington on Wednesday, September 3, and is inviting players past and present – and their immediate family ...

The Office for National Statistics has delayed the publication of its latest monthly retail statistics to allow for “further quality assurance”. It is the latest in a string of setbacks regarding data ...

A shamed Fife councillor who was convicted of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl has been sentenced to 27 months in jail. David Graham, 43, was convicted of one charge of having sex with a child aged ...