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.

New star of BBC soap EastEnders, Alice Haig, has a very famous film star dad known for Downton Abbey and more.

British households could risk leaving themselves without adequate insurance as the evenings become lighter. Financial information business Defaqto found that some homes have sheds that are not ...

Santander has recorded a jump in older adults aged 80-plus and younger adults aged 34 and under reporting being scammed.

THERE was a large police presence near railway tracks in Droitwich following concerns for a man's safety. Police officers were in Westbury Avenue and Chalverton Court yesterday (April 1) evening after ...

Duhan van der Merwe has learned that he is on track to return from injury in May, keeping the former Warriors winger's British and Irish Lions ...

Rescue crews in Myanmar have pulled a 26-year-old man out alive from the rubble of the capital city hotel where he worked – but most teams are finding only bodies five days after a massive earthquake ...

Nationwide Building Society is making major changes to the hours of many of its high street branches this month. The UK's largest building society - which has 27million members - is changing the ...

Tony’s Chocolonely is recalling certain batches of two of its chocolate products because they may contain “small stones”.

Sarah and Pip from Bedfordshire are hoping to bring a 'rickety' old barn back to life in the new Grand Designs.

The insurance comparison site found that one in three councils in England has raised the tax by more than 5%. Struggling authorities like Bradford (9.29%) and Windsor and Maidenhead (8.31%) are among ...

Families who claim Child Benefit will see an increase in their payment next week, says HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).