The Alawite Muslim group was seen as privileged during the rule of former leader Bashar Assad but has suffered repeated violence since his fall.

Elevated levels of wage growth will be considered by Bank of England officials when they vote on whether to reduce interest rates from their current level, 4.5%, at their meeting next month. It came ...

A MAN with a track record of assaulting police has been sentenced once again after he kneed an officer in his genitals.

THE COUNCIL has stressed the importance of ‘sufficient’ funding if devolution in Cumbria is to go-ahead in order to address a ‘legacy ...

A SELF-EMPLOYED bricklayer made the ‘foolish decision’ to drive home whilst intoxicated in the early hours of the morning after drinking ...

Taking place later this month at the J36 Rural Auction Centre, the night of fundraising will support the town after last year's fire.

A fresh wave of funding and support is available for small and medium-sized businesses across Westmorland and Furness.

IT cost just £20 but winning a £3m home in Bowness-on-Windermere means NHS worker Catherine Carwardine will never have to worry about money ...

Foreign Secretary Mr Lammy commented on the war in Sudan ahead of a London meeting on Tuesday to mark the conflict’s two-year anniversary.

Scientists found it has one of the largest projected increase in flood risk while a global warming of 1.5C could result in 30,000 deaths from heat.

Danish second-class passenger Hans Christensen Givard, 27, was among one of the 1,500 who died when the vessel struck an iceberg in 1912 ...

Campaigners who are fighting for a law to prevent cover-ups, in honour of the Hillsborough victims, say they are “in the dark” about the legislation on the 36th anniversary of the disaster.