Carlisle-based Armstrong Watson boosts trainee intake by 30 per cent, bucking a 2.8 per cent fall among the UK’s largest accountancy firms, with new school leaver routes.

Fin Smith is on track to pilot England in Sunday’s autumn opener against Australia at Allianz Stadium after making crucial progress in his battle with a calf problem.

Those who feel the FA Cup has lost its much-discussed magic would be advised to spend time in the company of Rob Usher.

A special First Class keepsake is coming with the News & Star. Starting school is a milestone children and families will always remember, and we’re celebrating this special moment with our First Class ...

Rate-setters are widely expected to tighten monetary policy in a bid to tackle rising inflation in the UK economy.

Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono says he feels “enormous pain” over the death of Tenerife’s Jesus de Miguel and is living through “the most difficult days of my life”. The Tenerife forward died on ...

Experts said that US stocks typically jump following a midterm election, regardless of the outcome, because it provides investors with more certainty about the future.

Award-winning folk artist Findlay Napier is set to perform in Armathwaite this month in an intimate show. The Scottish singer-songwriter will take to the stage at Old School Hall in Armathwaite Front ...

A number of the broadcaster’s executives appeared before the Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport Committee on Wednesday.

A MAN has been placed on the sex offender's register for possessing indecent images of children. Shaun Simpson pleaded guilty to three counts of making an indecent photograph of a child when he ...

The Big Westerner made a faultless seasonal return to action when enhancing Henry de Bromhead’s fine record in the feature Michael Hickey Memorial Chase at Wexford.

Andy Burnham said the world has an “opportunity” to focus on ending the Iran war and easing the cost of living following the US midterm elections in which Donald Trump’s Republican Party suffered a ...