The figures come just a day after the Justice Secretary announced changes to prison recall as a further emergency measure on prison overcrowding.

Disabled and older renters are struggling to find suitable properties, with the problem only getting worse, warn experts ...

Emergency services were called to the scene of a two-vehicle collision on the A590 near Backbarrow on Wednesday evening. The incident, which involved a silver Vauxhall and a grey Toyota, was reported ...

Friends of the Lake District is hosting its annual dry stone walling competition later this month. This year’s event, held in partnership with Arnside & Silverdale National Landscape, will take place ...

Pullman Car No 246 ‘Lydia’ was used during crucial wartime strategy meetings ahead of D-Day and later during Churchill’s state funeral in 1965.

As part of the Windermere Science Festival last week, I went to talks from two very different presenters, both about the cosmos.

President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa are scheduled to meet at the White House next week ...

We are all being urged to check our change for a rare Royal Mint 50p coin that is selling for more than £200. Thousands more of the coin are thought to be in circulation, with one selling for more ...

Keswick inn, The Royal Oak, has reopened following a transformative £1.1million makeover. Thwaites - the hospitality group that owns the inn - closed The Royal Oak’s doors in March to give it a new ...

The NHS waiting list for hospital treatment in England has risen for the first time in seven months. New figures show an estimated 7.42 million treatments were waiting to be carried out at the end of ...

Neil Diamond’s iconic Sweet Caroline has been voted Britain’s favourite song to belt out with friends, family and even complete ...

Nationwide has shared an update on its free £100 bonus payment, which has been paid to customers for the past two years. Last June, 3.85 million Nationwide members received a £100 payment from the ...