Rescue crews were still digging bodies out of the rubble of a drug rehabilitation hospital in the Afghan capital on Tuesday morning, after officials said an overnight Pakistani airstrike killed at ...

Pharmacies are experiencing a surge in bookings for meningitis vaccines as people try to get jabs privately. Superdrug told the Press Association bookings for its service are 65 times higher than a ...

An 18-year-old A-level student named locally as Juliette Kenny and a university student have died in the meningitis outbreak.

Tottenham received a boost ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League last-16 second leg with Atletico Madrid after captain Cristian Romero and midfielder Lucas Bergvall returned to training. Romero ...

The number of people in England and Wales claiming the main disability benefit has hit a new record high of nearly four million, figures show. Personal independence payments (Pip) are intended to help ...

The MSP bidding to give terminally ill Scots the right to assisted dying has urged fellow parliamentarians to “rise to the challenge” and back his Bill as it faces a final vote at Holyrood. Liam ...

Sellafield has reported one of its best ever performing years according to a new report which will be discussed next week.

HUNDREDS of households across Cumbria have not had their bins emptied this week. Residents in Carlisle, Copeland and Allerdale were left with uncollected rubbish during the week commencing March 16.

Former Classic-winning rider Ted Durcan says the “journey isn’t over yet” with Wodhooh, after Gordon Elliott’s winning machine landed her first Grade One and second Cheltenham Festival win last week.

The Insolvency Service figures for England and Wales showed 4,210 debt relief orders were recorded in February.

Wales’ attempt to persuade Tottenham defender Ashley Phillips to switch international allegiance has failed for now with the England Under-21 cap absent from their World Cup play-off squad.

Deighton’s most famous novel broke the mould of thriller writing and was turned into a movie starring Sir Michael Caine.