THOUSANDS of people gathered on Whitehaven Harbour to celebrate this year’s Pride event. The third Pride by the Harbourside took place on Saturday with a parade led by the deputy lord lieutenant for ...

Competition for the most selective sixth forms would be ‘fiercer’ after the VAT change on private school fees, one education expert said.

The BBC is “not institutionally antisemitic”, the Observer’s editor-in-chief said following a row over the broadcaster’s coverage of the conflict in Gaza. James Harding said the perception of a ...

Hope has been expressed that the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) can deliver truth and accountability around the Shankill bomb. Two men bereaved in the ...

Geoff Aberdein, who worked for former first minister Alex Salmond, hit out at his successor over comments made in her newly published memoirs.

A bus crash in north-western Afghanistan has killed at least 79 people returning from Iran – including 19 children, an official said. Two people were also injured in the crash, Ministry of Interior ...

MSP Colin Smyth has been arrested and charged in connection with possession of indecent images, prompting his suspension from Scottish Labour. The South Scotland MSP was arrested on Tuesday and is due ...

Rupert Everett and Hayley Atwell are to star in series two of the hit Disney+ show Rivals. Based on Dame Jilly Cooper’s novel of the same name, the series centres on a group of wealthy media types in ...

A MAN was found to have more child abuse images than he was initially charged with after police examined his device, a court heard.

Nicola Sturgeon has said her “political instinct” is to back a united Ireland. However, the former Scottish first minister insisted the issue of Northern Ireland’s future is for people there to decide ...

Putting bay leaves, which can be bought for 49p at Aldi , in your washing machine with your dirty clothes is said to get rid of strong smells like sweat and cigarette smoke, reports The Sun. As the ...

Cumbria Tourism members are being encouraged to access the organisation’s full suite of research reports, completely free of charge, in a move ...