Last year was the fourth-busiest in the charity’s 201-year history, with lifeboats launched more than 9,100 times across the UK and Ireland.

Heathrow Airport was warned about its power supply in the days before it closed because of an outage, MPs were told. Nigel Wicking, chief executive of Heathrow Airline Operators Committee, which ...

A man was arrested on suspicion of driving on the A590 while under the influence of drugs. Cumbria Police pulled over a HGV on the A590 near Hincaster at around 2.25pm on Tuesday This was part of ...

Val Kilmer was a versatile actor who made a name for himself playing brooding superhero Batman, as well as arrogant naval aviator Iceman in the hit action movie, Top Gun. The US actor was also known ...

Three people have been injured after a man armed with an axe attacked the annual parade by Assyrian Christians in the Iraqi city of Dohuk to mark their new year, officials said.

Jack the Ripper was a serial killer who murdered five women but he was never caught for his crimes - here are his victims.