Rachael Maskell said pressing ahead with the welfare reform Bill risked leaving “such a stain” on her party, as she urged ministers to scrap a proposed change to the out-of-work element of universal ...

Cumberland Council and Westmorland and Furness Council have written to the Government requesting that the proposed 2026 Cumbria mayoral election be deferred to May 2027. The councils said: "This ...

A man accused of murdering an Iraq War veteran he punched three times has denied he intended to cause him serious harm, telling a jury he “just wanted to give him a black eye”. Gregory Twigg, 32, ...

Enzo Maresca is convinced Chelsea are on the path back to the top after reaching the final of the Club World Cup. The Blues secured a place in Sunday’s showpiece in New York with a convincing 2-0 win ...

The Swiss won in two tie-breaks to continue her impressive comeback following the birth of her daughter last year.

Hassan Jhangur hit five people with his car when he arrived at his sister’s wedding reception, where a fight had broken out between the ...

The Lions have already seen Elliot Daly forced out of the tour because of a fractured forearm and after calling up playmaker Owen Farrell as his replacement, Kinghorn and Keenan are left as the only ...

Here is a list of the proportion of conceptions in 2022 that ended in a legal abortion in each local authority area in England and Wales. The figures have been published by the Office for National ...

Vocalink says it processes more than 90 of salaries, 70 of household bills, and 98 of state benefit payments in the UK.

The AI chipmaker has grown into the largest company on Wall Street, surpassing Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Google.

A woman who knifed a mother to death after a row at a child’s birthday party has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 23 years, police said.

Millom’s much-loved Crochet Fairies have done it again - this time going blue in the best possible way. A new postbox topper featuring the Smurfs has appeared in the town centre, complete with a ...