Xabi Alonso has signed a four-year deal to become Chelsea’s new manager and will begin work on July 1. An agreement for the former Real Madrid boss to replace Liam Rosenior was reached by late on ...

A BANNED Carlisle motorist who was spotted driving illegally on Christmas Day last year has been jailed for five months.

Researchers in Ireland have uncovered the oldest surviving English poem in an Italian library. They made their discovery on ...

Officers were on patrol last night (Saturday, May 16) after receiving reports of anti-social driving and suspected drug use in Cummersdale.

COPELAND Age and Advice Service’s Memory Café has marked its fifth anniversary with a celebratory session led by Whitehaven town crier ...

The Culture Secretary also rebuked her former Cabinet colleague Wes Streeting for seeking to reopen the debate over Brexit.

Morrisons will increase staff pay above the national living wage as part of a three-stage rise agreed with union Usdaw. The supermarket chain secured a 91.87 per cent vote in favour of the increase, ...

A number of officers on protective duties from the Metropolitan Police’s Royalty and Specialist Protection are being investigated, The ...

Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team were contacted after a couple and their dog became stranded at the Bad Step on the Corridor Route.

Police are liaising with Hearts to investigate whether any of their players were assaulted during a pitch invasion in Celtic’s title-winning victory at Parkhead. Hundreds of Celtic fans ran on to the ...

The team revisited wartime government plans to replace diminishing supplies of aluminium for Spitfire fuselages with a composite alternative called Gordon Aerolite. Those plans we ...

Xabi Alonso’s appointment as Chelsea manager has been confirmed on a four-year deal. The former Real Madrid boss will take charge of the Blues from July 1 in what is his first managerial role in the ...