Vladimir Putin would have authorised the assassination attempt on Sergei Skripal because of the “enormous” reputational risk the Novichok poisonings would have posed to Russia, a senior Foreign Office ...

John Eustace believes Blackburn Rovers are developing into a team that can challenge at the top end of the Championship table. Rovers have been hard to beat and defensively sound since the head coach ...

Burnley Council is to increase many of its fees and charges to residents and businesses by two per cent next year, including parking and funerals.

Police are appealing to the public's help to find a missing 41-year-old from Darwen . Martin is 5’ 7in with dark brown hair and facial hair. He has links to Darwen, Blackpool town centre and the ...

An Olympic champion warned the UK has an “inactivity crisis” as he picked up an honour from Buckingham Palace for his work promoting cycling and walking across the country. Former professional cyclist ...

The Scottish Government said it will ‘continue to protect our pensioners from the harsh reality of a UK Labour Government’.

Yvette Cooper made the “world-first security” agreement with Federal Government of Iraq interior minister Abdulameer Al-Shimmeri during a three-day visit to Baghdad and Erbil this week, the Home ...

Tamzin Ellen Hall, from Wellington, Somerset, was being taken into custody when officers pulled over and she escaped from the police car.

The collapse follows several years of declining sales, mounting debts and even a break-in at its Wirral factory last year.

Tennis has been stunned by another doping case involving one of its most high-profile players after it was revealed Iga Swiatek has been given a one-month suspension. The Pole was ranked world number ...

London 2012 rowing gold medallist Dame Katherine Grainger has been elected chair of the British Olympic Association (BOA). The 49-year-old, who is also a four-time Olympic silver medallist, becomes ...

Paul Dunleavy, 89, is already serving time in prison having been previously convicted on two separate occasions of sexual offences against children.