Japan’s parliament has formally elected Shigeru Ishiba, head of the governing Liberal Democratic Party, as the country’s new ...

Here is a list of the estimated proportion of the adult population who are current smokers in each local authority in the UK. All the figures are five-year averages covering the period 2019-23. This ...

Aldi has revealed its Salted Caramel Teabags have been discontinued in a decision fans say has "ruined" their year.

Gaëlle Mignot lamented a lack of fight as France suffered a 46-24 defeat to hosts Canada in their WXV 1 opener.

The new £8.6m Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) opened yesterday (September 30) at Westmorland General Hospital.

USA captain Kate Zackary is confident her side can build on plenty of positives from defeat to England in their opening WXV 1 match in Vancouver.

Kevin Rouet says Canada are refusing to get carried away after climbing to second in the world rankings with a 46-24 victory over France in ...

The A684 closed at the junction with B6452 and Skacklabank Lane on the road to Sedbergh The route is due to an overturned lorry. To avoid delays ...

The DVLA has launched a new service update that allows motorists to tax their vehicle even if they have lost their V5C ...

The latest estimates, published on the International Day of Older Persons, suggest there were 14,850 centenarians – people aged 100 or older – in England and Wales in 2023, which was down by 0.5% on ...

EMERGENCY services have attended a fire near Shap - and discovered an apparent cannabis grow. Fire crews and police were called out shortly before 11.30am on September 29, to a barn fire in a remote ...

A planet has been discovered orbiting the closest single star to our Sun. Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), astronomers have been able to see the exoplanet – ...