The official said 50,000 reservists will be called up in the coming month, nearly doubling the number of active reservists to 120,000. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said earlier this month that ...

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 ...

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

The Great North Air Ambulance (GNAAS) and Keswick Mountain Rescue Team (KMRT) were called out after a man fell 30 metres down a rocky slope.

Consumer Prices Index inflation increased to 3.8 in July, from 3.6 in June, the Office for National Statistics said.

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 ...

If that formula is used to set next year’s fare increase, the cost of train travel will jump by 5.8%. Pressure group Railfuture recently told the PA news agency “it would be outrageous” if fares even ...

Conservationists have called for “landscape-wide” action to protect butterflies, as new official figures indicate declines of ...

A key mediator has stressed the urgency of brokering a ceasefire in Gaza after Hamas showed a “positive response” to a ...

Justin Moorhouse, the comedian, actor, and broadcaster, is set to perform in Whitehaven next month. He will bring his show The Greatest Performance of My Life to Rosehill Theatre on Saturday, ...

A vacant Whitehaven barn could be converted into a new home if the plans are approved by planners at Cumberland Council.