AN area of a North Yorkshire town is closed due to a police incident. Due to the incident in Flowergate in Whitby there is restricted access. Whitby Community Fridge posted on social media: "There is ...

A school pupil is the second person to have died following an outbreak of meningitis in Kent. The student was in Year 13 at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School in Faversham and is understood to have died ...

A drone hit a fuel tank near Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international passenger traffic, causing a large fire.

Barry Fitzgerald got the ball rolling in 1945, winning the best supporting actor Oscar for his performance in the musical comedy Going My Way, while Brenda Fricker did likewise in the best supporting ...

Stormont’s Finance Minister wrote to the Treasury last week seeking a financial intervention over energy costs.

Sir Keir Starmer will promise help with the cost of living in response to the Iran crisis as Donald Trump warned the future of Nato is at stake unless allies including the UK offer military aid in the ...

Rory McIlroy will weigh up whether to play another event prior to his Masters title defence next month after an underwhelming outing at the Players Championship. McIlroy was defending champion at TPC ...

Ripon Grammar School, in Clotherholme Road, posted the notice on its official Facebook page last night (Sunday, March 15).

A man has been arrested after a "hammer-wielding robber smashed the windows of a jewellery shop before swiping handfuls of gold".

London & Valley Water has offered to inject £3.35 billion of new equity and up to £6.55 billion in new debt to rescue the troubled supplier.

More than 100 Labour MPs are among those calling on the Prime Minister to intervene in the assisted dying Bill’s passage.

A patient watchdog has sounded the alarm over the growing number of people turning to private healthcare amid concerns over the NHS waiting list. Healthwatch England said that the proportion of people ...