Mike Tyson’s once-ferocious fighting career was already helter-skeltering towards its feeble conclusion when the video-sharing platform YouTube first flickered into life in February 2005. Four months ...

Artefacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer in the late 1940s as part of the famous Kon-Tiki expedition are being returned to Chile’s Easter Island in the mid-Pacific.

Scrum-half Tomos Williams will miss Wales’ Autumn Nations Series clash against Australia on Sunday. Williams is understood to have suffered a shoulder injury during the 24-19 defeat against Fiji, ...

Cumbria is set to benefit from a £16.4 million grant to help unlock thousands of stalled homes. Natural England's 'nutrient neutrality' measures, designed to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus levels in ...

Beloved actor Timothy West, known for many roles in television and the theatre, has died peacefully in his sleep aged 90 “with his friends and family at the end”, his family said. Mr West was known ...

Researchers say the white lines in the sky created by planes can double the amount of warming caused by aviation’s carbon emissions.

The 35-year-old will top the money list for the third year running if he finishes 11th or better in the 50-man field in Dubai.

Former World Cup winner Maggie Alphonsi believes England will be “desperate” to get over the line and win next year’s Women’s Rugby World Cup. The Red Roses are competing on home soil at the 2025 ...

Comedian, presenter and Radio 2 DJ, Paddy McGuinness has begun his journey from Kendal to the Scottish Borders on his epic challenge for Children ...

Actor Timothy West, known for many roles in television and the theatre, has died peacefully in his sleep aged 90 “with his friends and family at the end”, his family said.

More than 100 Post Office branches - including two in Cumbria - are at risk under a sweeping overhaul as the group looks to boost postmaster pay ...

Homebase could be heading for a partial collapse, putting thousands of jobs at risk, amid reports that the chain has appointed insolvency experts with a potential buyer of parts of its 130-store ...