Two teenagers who died in a collision in the early hours of New Year’s Day have been named. William Herbert, aged 16 and from Howden, and 18-year-old Olly Mitchell, from Ellerton, both in East ...

A seven-month-old baby has died after a car lost control on a dual carriageway and hit a tree, with police investigating whether the crash was linked to icy conditions. Police were called to a ...

Neil Young will headline Glastonbury Festival after initially turning down the offer, saying the music event was “under corporate control” of the BBC. Co-organiser Emily Eavis confirmed in an ...

Marshall Wace, which is one of the UK’s most successful hedge funds, unveiled its annual financial results in new company filings.

Westmorland and Furness Council has acquired two stray dogs over the past couple of weeks. A female, mix-breed dog was found around the Napier Street area in Dalton on Monday December 23. A female, ...

Trees that did not find a home this festive season were given to some of the zoo’s animals in what has become an annual event.

Hospital admissions in Scotland caused by the flu have increased by 12% in just a week, new figures show. Public Health Scotland (PHS) has described the amount of laboratory confirmed influenza this ...

Vintage Chanel and Burberry are also on offer in Shelter Scotland’s January event at its Stockbridge store in Edinburgh.

A status yellow snow-ice warning is in place for all counties in Leinster and Connacht, as well as Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, and Waterford for 24 hours from 5pm on Saturday. A status yellow rain and ...

The Met Office has issued a warning for snow and ice for Cumbria from 4pm today, January 1, until 11.59pm on Sunday, January 5. Amber warnings for snow and ice have been issued bringing "hazardous" ...

The UK does not buy most of its oil from Norway, and arrangements for oil fields which span both countries’ territory are negotiated.