The Government has threatened legal action against former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich to release £2.5 billion of funds from the sale of the London football club to help victims of the Ukraine war.

In an interim report published on Tuesday, the Independent Water Commission calls for a “fundamental strengthening and rebalancing” of Ofwat’s regulatory role, calling for the watchdog to adopt a more ...

Police are appealing for sightings of a missing man from Whitehaven.Graeme Grears, aged 36, was last seen on Saturday 31 May.Officers are ...

Returning home to Millom in 2003, she started her youth theatre and founded The Beggar’s Theatre, known to old and young locally just as ‘Jakki’s’. Here is her story ...