As numbers surge this year, Butterfly Conservation said sightings in unexpected places tell an important story about climate ...

A MAN charged with offences including assault, burglary and criminal damage in St Helens has appeared before a court.

Aware that a new business can attract regular Newtonians, as well as those further afield thanks to the area's transport links, Lisa and Andy Phillips-Baynes were encouraged to invest in the area and ...

PLANS have been submitted to convert a former taxi booking office into a nail salon. The application seeks approval to change the use of the site at 32 Westfield Street, St Helens, from a taxi booking ...

Newcastle manager Eddie Howe has admitted the situation surrounding unsettled striker Alexander Isak is “far from ideal”. The Magpies rejected a £110million bid for the Sweden international on Friday ...

Rescue teams have found a body inside a section of a copper mine in Chile that collapsed two days earlier during a moderate earthquake, the mine’s director said on Saturday. Rescuers have been trying ...

Lucy Hargreaves, 22, was asleep on the sofa when three men burst into her home in Walton, Liverpool, on August 3 2005 and fatally injured her.

The NHS maintained care for an estimated 10,000 more patients during the latest doctors’ strike compared with last year’s industrial action. Early data shows that 93% of planned operations, tests and ...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has also said she plans to introduce a fast-track scheme to tackle the asylum backlog.

Countries are meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, where they will hope to break a deadlock in talks for a legally binding agreement on plastics.

There was no jackpot winner in Saturday’s National Lottery Lotto draw, meaning Wednesday’s top prize is an estimated £5.3 million. The winning Lotto numbers were 01, 05, 10, 30, 33, 50, and the bonus ...

Boss Alex Revell praised the contribution of two-goal Jamie Reid as Stevenage came from an early goal down to beat Blackpool 3-2 in Skybet League One. Dan Kemp netted Stevenage’s other goal in his ...