CUMBRIA Police have been dealing with a cold calling incident in Penrith. Officers were contacted by a woman who said she had been visited by suspected cold callers who claimed to be part of a ...

All pensioner households in Northern Ireland affected by cuts to winter fuel support are to receive a one-off payment of £100. Communities Minister Gordon Lyons said the payment would be made before ...

A REPEAT Carlisle offender with almost 150 previous offences on his record is back behind bars after he tried to break into an unoccupied house. In full view of astonished neighbours at Harraby Green ...

TV presenter and journalist Jeremy Clarkson said the Chancellor has used a “blunderbuss” to hit farmers as he arrived in London to protest against changes to agricultural inheritance tax. Farmers from ...

Jeremy Clarkson joined farmers to protest over tax changes, saying that his comments about avoiding inheritance tax were to cover a plan to ...

Amos Hochstein’s arrival comes hours after an Israeli strike in central Beirut killed five people and wounded others.

A 92-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and rape after the death of a woman 57 years ago. Louisa Dunne, 75, was found dead at her home by a neighbour in the Easton area of Bristol ...

A prison workshop instructor had admitted to having an inappropriate relationship with Jordan McSweeney at HMP Belmarsh.

Scotland midfielder John McGinn reflected on an emotional roller coaster ride in Warsaw after reaching a personal milestone, celebrating a stoppage-time winner and then receiving a setback after the ...

Jaguar has unveiled a new logo that combines upper and lower case letters and confirmed it will only make electric cars in the future.

Amy and Matt Hall from Keswick, Cumbria, who lost their seven-month-old son to a rare brain tumour, are set to perform on the West End stage in ...

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