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The most recent Home Office data showed there were 32,345 asylum seekers being housed temporarily in UK hotels at the end of March. This was down 15% from the end of December, when the total was ...

The Great North Air Ambulance (GNAAS) and Keswick Mountain Rescue Team (KMRT) were called out after a man fell 30 metres down a rocky slope.

If the process moves quickly, infrastructure work could begin in the next few months and construction of homes could start in around a year.

House price inflation accelerated last month as growth in rental prices eased back, according to official figures. The average UK house price increased by 3.7% to £269,000 in the 12 months to June.

Former England boss Sir Gareth Southgate says he is not actively looking at a return to management and was puzzled to see himself linked with the Poland job over the summer. It is 13 months since the ...

Inflation is the term used to describe the rising price of goods and services. The inflation rate refers to how quickly prices are going up. July’s inflation rate of 3.8% means if an item cost £100 a ...

Hundreds of basking sharks can be seen breaching the water near the shores of Ireland in what can only be described as 'nature at its most raw and powerful' best. And don't worry, it could even happen ...

A CARLISLE motorcyclist was caught drug-driving on the same stretch of city road twice in less than three weeks.

Lady Iman heads a field 17 when she bid to become the first two-year-old in 18 years to win the Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes at York on Friday. Ger Lyon’s youngster has dazzled throughout ...

The 57-year-old will present a new podcast called A Question Of Science, produced by BBC Studios, as part of his new role.

A steep jump in the cost of air travel, along with increases in the price of many everyday items from tea and coffee to potatoes and eggs, helped push the UK’s overall rate of inflation in July to an ...