A defence minister has declined to outline the timetable for when the Government will meet its “cast-iron commitment” to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP.

If the meeting – which is due to host the Grade One Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase – is able to proceed as originally scheduled with both chase and hurdle races, the three additional chases will be ...

Hundreds of engineers are completing the final repair work on Cumbria’s power network following Storm Éowyn to restore the last ...

The UK Government is working hard to meet requests for assistance from the devolved Stormont Executive in the wake of Storm Eowyn, Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn has said.

Katie White compared bottom trawling, which is the act of dragging heavy nets across the seabed, with ‘ripping up an orchard to pick an apple’.

A teenager has appeared in court charged with terrorism offences after being arrested outside a mosque. The 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at Greenock Sheriff Court on ...

The Prime Minister spoke of his ‘harrowing’ visit to Block 27 at Auschwitz with his wife Victoria earlier this month.

Minister Dara Calleary said he understood people’s ‘frustration’ and that authorities were ‘working as hard as possible’.

CUMBRIA Police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of a Barrow man who was last seen over one month ago.

Motherwell manager Stuart Kettlewell has quit after abuse from a section of fans forced his family away from matches. Motherwell sit fifth in the William Hill Premiership but some fans had turned ...

Christopher Bell, 45, left his door open when he came out of his house to run after Ian Langley, 54, who had thrown a stone at his home.

A Lake District mountain rescue team is urging people to be prepared when venturing out onto the fells. Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team rescued two walkers who were lost and unable to make ...