Westmorland and Furness Council has unveiled a key leadership appointment to support its transformation plans.

He will call on all parties to support the Government’s approach in seeking a closer relationship with the EU.

The show aired on the BBC from 1974 until 1977 and starred Ronnie Barker, Fulton Mackay and Richard Beckinsale.

Nigel Farage said a Reform UK government would threaten foreign assets in the UK if other countries refused to accept deportees, as he pledged to suspend the asylum system for five years. Mr Farage ...

A security guard said he was “sprayed with a fire extinguisher” by Palestine Action supporters during a break-in at a factory associated with an Israel-linked defence company, a trial has heard.

Police in Cumbria are urging the public to look out for vulnerable relatives following a number of reported fraud attempts in recent days.

A bail application for alleged crime gang leader Daniel Kinahan will be made in the coming weeks, a court in Dublin has been told. The 49-year-old appeared before the Special Criminal Court in Dublin ...

Jury selection has begun as Russell Brand faces trial on rape and sexual assault charges. The 51-year-old is accused of groping women and forcing them into sexual acts, in allegations spanning 10 ...

India’s opposition parties have marched towards the supreme court to protest against a purge of voter lists they say favours prime minister Narendra Modi’s party, after police detained thousands of ...

He was part of Egypt’s World Cup squad this summer, and scored 10 goals for Manchester City after joining in January 2025.

Sellafield empties 110 cubic metres of radioactive BUTEX liquor from ageing HALES tanks, in a milestone for UK nuclear safety.

Final Demand has been disqualified from second place in the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase at Cheltenham in March and trainer Willie Mullins fined a total of £1,100. The findings of an independent ...