A rescue operation was launched on Wednesday off the coast of Calais after a life jacket was spotted in the sea.

A retired journalist who took part in the clinical trial for the new Alzheimer’s drug has described how he feels “as normal as a 78-year-old can be”. Peter Almond finished a trial for donanemab in ...

Health Secretary Wes Streeting is to vote against an assisted dying Bill amid fears around coercion and people feeling a “duty to die”. The Cabinet minister had previously said he was ...

A new Alzheimer’s drug has been rejected for widespread use in the health service in England after the health spending watchdog said it “does not currently demonstrate value for the NHS”. The news ...

Cumbria Police have confirmed the identity of the Skoda driver killed in a crash on the M6. The collision occurred at around 4:04pm on October 15 after the Skoda was reported to be travelling ...

At least five workers have died and three others were trapped after a seven-storey building under construction collapsed in southern India during heavy monsoon rains, police have said. Thirteen people ...

A CUMBRIAN amateur rugby league club have been selected as one of 30 community clubs across the country who will compete in the Challenge Cup ...

Harvey Weinstein is due back in court in New York for a hearing ahead of his retrial on sex crimes charges stemming from his landmark #MeToo case. Among other things, Judge Curtis Farber is expected ...

The King and Queen flew to the Polynesian nation, which is hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, following their tour of Australia.

The Royal Mint recently named the King Charles III coin as the rarest currently in circulation in the UK, with just 200,000 copies minted.

A rare £1 coin discovered in in Broughton-in-Furness post office has fetched twice its estimated value at £1,250 in auction.

Asha Patel is now free of cancer and received a message from Matthew Upson, who had also been a pupil at her school, Diss ...