A FLOOD alert remains in place is Widnes this morning, Monday, following heavy rainfall and high brook and brook levels. Dans Road, linking Widnes and Warrington, was also closed this morning due to ...

The council's planning department has approved an application to turn the Tunnel Top in Dutton into a four bedroom home.

Imran Chowdury has been charged with assisting Daniel Khalife after he escaped from HMP Wandsworth in September 2023, police said.

Russian troops in eastern Ukraine have captured the stronghold of Kurakhove after a battle lasting months, Russia’s Defence Ministry claimed. The capture adds the wrecked town to the Kremlin’s list of ...

Many commuters are suffering travel disruption from severe weather, with major roads closed and railway lines blocked. Manchester airport’s runways were closed early on Monday morning because of heavy ...

Last year was one of the quietest on record for the London Stock Exchange, which saw the largest outflow of companies since the global financial crisis, stark new analysis shows. Takeaway giant Just ...

The Women’s Rugby World Cup in England in 2025 is set to be one of the marquee sporting events of the entire year with more than half the ...

Researchers have shed new light on the role played by carbon dioxide in the warming and cooling of planet Earth. A team from the University of St Andrews used fossils to work out how much CO2 changed ...

The US President has said there will be no repeat of the 2020 scenes as he hands power back to Donald Trump later this month.

Thirty-two dolphins have died since fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, an animal rescue group said. The spill took place in the waterway which ...

The A533 Southern Expressway is closed both ways. This is from the A56 Chester Road near Daresbury to Murdishaw Avenue. The closure is due to this morning’s weather conditions, which has resulted in ...

A number of schools in north-east Scotland have been forced to close after the country was hit by overnight snow and ice. More than 80 schools and nurseries across Aberdeenshire, Moray and Highland ...