FIRE crews were called to tackle a blaze at a Grade I-listed manor house last night (Tuesday, August 19). A spokesman for Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service said it was alerted to the fire at Woolton ...

TRAINS have been cancelled in St Helens this morning due to a fault with the signalling system. The fault, between St Helens Central and Blackpool North, has today, Wednesday, seen morning commuters ...

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.

TRIBUTES have been paid to St Helens-born cricketer Ken Shuttleworth who has died aged 80. Ken played five Test matches for England in the early 1970s and the fast bowler became a legend for ...

The Chatham southpaw extended his perfect record through 13 professional fights with an impressive first-round knockout of Dillian Whyte.

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 ...

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 ...

The cap on regulated fare rises in England, Scotland and Wales is controlled by the UK, Scottish and Welsh governments respectively.

Australian home affairs minister Tony Burke further inflamed Israel’s anger by cancelling the visa of far-right politician Simcha Rothman.

John Swinney has said Shetland will play a “significant role” in efforts to drive economic growth ahead of his visit to the islands. Scotland’s First Minister said the islands are well placed to ...

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 ...