Taiwan will not provoke a confrontation with China, the self-ruled island’s vice president has said, lamenting Beijing’s “aggressive military posturing” against the island democracy that China claims ...

Johnny Sexton insists Finn Russell’s “flash” skills are matched by the defensive steel needed from the British and Irish Lions fly-half to weather the storm coming his way in Brisbane.

Veolia said it has started legal action against Unite and its general Sharon Graham, claiming defamation. The company said the move followed months of protests and “smear campaigns” by the union and ...

AROUND 200 workers in 'frontline' roles on the Sellafield site are set to strike next month, following a disagreement with their employer Mitie over pay. GMB union members working for Mitie ...

About £7 million worth of damage was caused to the aircraft at RAF Brize Norton in an incident alleged to have a ‘terrorist connection’.

One child has died and 21 staff members and pupils from Minehead Middle School were injured after a school coach left the A396 in Somerset.

Cumberland and Westmorland and Furness councils have passed the Government’s statutory devolution tests and can now move forward in the process, which could see the creation of a Mayoral Strategic ...

Are we there yet? Parents ‘snap up items to keep children occupied on journeys’ as summer holidays stretch ahead ...

All 29 military and intelligence personnel on board RAF Chinook ZD576 were killed when the aircraft crashed in foggy weather on June 2, 1994.

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander made the claim ahead of c2c becoming the second operator to be nationalised by the Labour Government on Sunday.

A MAN in his 30s has died after emergency services were called to a Workington street, following reports of a suspected cardiac arrest.

Customers at Lidl, Asda, TK Maxx, Matalan and Amazon have been warned to stop using some products sold at the stores because of potential health risks. The Office for Product Safety and Standards ...