Shelly' the tortoise missing from her home in Ramsgate Crescent, Walney for seven months and was found this week just 0.1 mile away.

The creator of the petition described Abbey View 'a lifeline for local patients', adding: "Abbey View's contributions to our community ...

Today is Armistice Day, when at 11am on November 11, 1918, an agreement to end the fighting of the First World War as a prelude to peace negotiations began. The two minute silence is a national ...

A FORMER Cumbria police worker previously jailed for sharing illegal images of children being sexually abused has been handed another ...

The council has announced that lorries will no longer be allowed to pass along a section of the A595 from early next year. Westmorland and Furness Council made a traffic announcement banning HGVs as ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, after his governing coalition suffered the worst election loss in more than a decade, faces another vote in parliament on Monday, though he is likely to be ...

The Government has said it will “not allow cultural and sporting events to be hijacked” after Israel warned its citizens abroad to avoid such occasions in the wake of violence against Israeli football ...

Music giant Quincy Jones was laid to rest in a private ceremony in the US, a week after his death at age 91. A larger, more public memorial is also being planned. The family of the 28-time ...

Scottish Football Association chief executive Ian Maxwell has told how he suffered an eyecare emergency that could have cost him the sight in one eye just before the Euros. He almost missed Scotland’s ...

The ‘nextdoor nature’ programme by the Wildlife Trusts has worked with 1,600 communities in the past two years.

Days before Senate Republicans pick their new leader, Donald Trump is pressuring the candidates to change the rules and empower him to appoint some nominees without a Senate vote. Republican Senators ...

Around 30,000 oysters have been released into the estuary since September last year under the Restoration Forth project.