Andy Burnham will spend the weekend preparing to become prime minister with allies saying he intends to make a “dynamic start” with measures to ease the cost-of-living squeeze. The Labour leader will ...

A landslide on Friday on the outskirts of the south-western Chinese city of Chongqing killed at least eight people and left 34 missing, burying residential buildings and forcing more than 1,100 people ...

The event is a collaboration between Kendal Farmers' Market and the Westmorland County Agricultural Association (Image: Gundog PR) Visitors will have the chance to meet sheep, lam ...

The RAC estimated that 14.1 million motorists will make journeys for holidays or day trips between Friday and Sunday.

MR reliable Josh Wood is back after missing several games through a broken hand. The dynamic hooker received the green light this week and replaces Tom Forber, who has returned to his parent club ...

Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson is to launch an appeal after being convicted of a string of child sex offences. The 63-year-old was convicted at Newry Crown Court last month of 18 sex offences, ...

A three-year-old boy who was seriously injured in a zoo’s crocodile enclosure has had seven operations in hospital and his family said they are “amazed at how far he has come” and that he is “smiling ...

Nigel Farage has demanded an immediate general election as he claimed Andy Burnham had no mandate to run the country. The Reform UK leader said his party could produce a “historic upset” but Mr Farage ...