A CROWN Court jury was today sworn in for the trial of a 50-year-old Whitehaven man who has denied murdering a woman and sexually assaulting her.

Shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho said the cut would require a ‘shift away from meat and dairy’, as energy ministers said bills would ...

Ipswich striker Nathan Broadhead has withdrawn from the Wales squad for Nations League fixtures against Turkey and Iceland and replaced by teenager Charlie Crew. Broadhead was absent from the Ipswich ...

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater has introduced an assisted dying Bill to the Commons (Stefan Rousseau/PA) There are several requirements for someone to be eligible under the proposed law. The person must be ...

Officers received a report of a disturbance at an address on Sceptre Place, in the Elswick area of Newcastle at 6.30pm on Monday.

Jarrad Branthwaite sat out training on Tuesday as absentee-hit England continued preparations for the crunch Nations League trip to Greece. Lee Carsley’s side trail the Group B2 leaders by three ...

A jury has been sworn in for the trial of a man who killed a 23-year-old on Christmas Eve. Dylan Thomas, 24, is accused of murdering William Bush, who died on December 24 last year in Cardiff. Thomas, ...

Head coach Jon Lewis wants England to rediscover their “fearless” Ashes approach on the upcoming tour to South Africa and is expecting “a real response” to their disappointing T20 World Cup exit.

The skills minister has said would like to see college staff pay matched with school teachers. Baroness Jacqui Smith, universities, skills and apprenticeship minister, apologised that the Government ...

Former political adviser John McTernan said the Government should ‘do what Margaret Thatcher did to the miners’ to protesting farmers.

Sir Keir Starmer is pushing Western allies to step up support to put Ukraine in the “strongest position” possible before Donald Trump takes office. The return of Mr Trump to the White House means ...

Car insurance can be a minefield, and new research has shown that nine out of ten insurers won't pay out for damage after a common mistake.