Sergeant Gregory Gillespie, Constable Luke Holden and PCSO Timothy Parry of Merseyside Police were the first officers at the scene.

Joe Pritchard is aiming for another promotion season after signing for Rochdale on a one-year deal.

A cedar tree climbed by The Beatles, an oak that may have inspired Virginia Woolf, and a lime representing peace in Northern Ireland are among those shortlisted for Tree of the Year 2025. Voting opens ...

A “nationwide blitz” will target migrants working illegally, as part of the effort to deter people from seeking to reach the UK from France. Ministers hope to tackle the “pull factors” attracting ...

Households in Yorkshire are the first to be hit with the ban after months of extremely hot and dry weather across England, with more high temperatures forecast over the weekend. Temperatures could ...

European officials have struck a new deal with Israel to allow desperately needed food and fuel into Gaza, the European Union ...

Switching to a more active lifestyle at any point in adulthood could also extend people’s lives, researchers said.

A loyalist bonfire in Northern Ireland controversially topped with an effigy of migrants in a boat has been lit. The Police Service of Northern Ireland earlier said they were investigating a hate ...

Professor Robert Winston told the Times that resident doctors’ strikes could harm people’s trust in the profession.

Sir Keir Starmer said the plan was a ‘real breakthrough in the way we tackle the vile trade of people smuggling’.

Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have announced a new agreement to co-operate on Channel crossings on the last day of the French president’s state visit to the UK.

Concerns have been raised over the bonfire, which is on a site which contains asbestos and is close to an electricity substation.