The Government is working on contingency plans for housing asylum seekers after a court ruled that they should be removed from a hotel in Epping, Essex. Ministers are now bracing for further legal ...

The Chatham southpaw extended his perfect record through 13 professional fights with an impressive first-round knockout of Dillian Whyte.

Police have issued a plea after reports of young people breaking into an empty property in Garstang. Officers have had a number of reports from concerned neighbours regarding teenagers breaking and ...

Police found a cannabis farm in Darwen at the weekend. On August 16, police located and shut down a cannabis cultivation on Joseph Street. A large number of drugs have been seized along with a ...

A Burnley pub could soon serve alcohol until 2.30am. Amber Taverns has submitted a licensing application to Burnley Borough Council to extend the terminal hours at The Big Window, on Manchester Road.

Police are appealing for witnesses after the tragic death of a Blackburn woman in Witton Park. Madia Kauser was walking with her family in Witton Park last Monday evening (August 11) when a tree ...

The cap on regulated fare rises in England, Scotland and Wales is controlled by the UK, Scottish and Welsh governments respectively.

There were three patient deaths, two of them as a result of complications linked to the outbreak at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge.

Australian home affairs minister Tony Burke further inflamed Israel’s anger by cancelling the visa of far-right politician Simcha Rothman.

Workers at aircraft manufacturer Airbus are to stage a series of strikes in a dispute over pay. Unite said around 3,000 of its members will walk out for 10 days in September after they voted ...

The watchdog said the ad was likely to reinforce the offensive racial stereotype that black skin was problematic and that ...

John Swinney has said Shetland will play a “significant role” in efforts to drive economic growth ahead of his visit to the islands. Scotland’s First Minister said the islands are well placed to ...