Thousands of people have been forcibly evacuated from 2,500 villages in the northern Philippines as another typhoon ...

The study found that children with asthma performed worse in memory tasks than children without the lung condition. According to the researchers, memory deficits may have longer-term consequences, and ...

Toxic smog has shrouded Pakistan’s cultural capital of Lahore and 17 other districts in Punjab since last month. Health officials say more than 40,000 people have been treated for respiratory ailments ...

Luke Louden has always loved the sea, so when he upped sticks and moved 400 miles from his English hometown to the south west of Scotland it was a dream come true to be so close to the water. The ...

A NUMBER of planned power cuts are in place across Cumbria in the week ahead, as engineers work to improve the electricity network in the area.

Members of the National Education Union (NEU) who teach in 32 sixth form colleges have backed strike action in a fight for an above-inflation pay award. The move comes after the Government announced ...

Animals at London Zoo tucked into fresh fruit and vegetables from New Covent Garden Market to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the wholesale site. Gorillas Alika, Effie and baby Venus, and Amara the ...

The Vatican and Microsoft have unveiled a digital twin of St Peter’s Basilica that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to explore one of the world’s most important monuments – while also helping the ...

WESTMORLAND and Furness Council are gearing up their fleets of gritters across the county to keep communities safe and ice-free this evening. It comes as road temperatures are set to drop below zero ...

US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen representative Elise Stefanik to serve as his ambassador to the United Nations. In a statement announcing his choice, Mr Trump said: “Elise is an incredibly ...

A “very busy” flat party carried on until the morning of a shooting that left one man dead and two others injured in south-east London, local residents have said. Police were called just after 10am on ...

Gareth Anscombe says that Wales will be “hard on ourselves” as they pick through the wreckage left by a record-equalling 10th successive Test match defeat. Wales are arguably at the lowest ebb in ...