UNITED Utilities Group PLC has said higher prices, allowed by regulators, helped drive improved profitability and sales in its recent financial year.

I witnessed the caring side of our sailors as well as incredible teamwork to save these helpless animals’, said Lieutenant Nathan Boal.

Storm systems sweeping across the US Midwest have left at least 16 people dead, including nine people killed after a tornado sparked a mass casualty event in south-eastern Kentucky. Kentucky ...

The Israeli government said it has launched a new military operation in the Gaza Strip to increase the pressure on Hamas to release the remaining hostages. Defence minister Israel Katz said Operation ...

Three Iranian nationals have appeared in court charged with spying offences on behalf of Iran’s foreign intelligence service. Mostafa Sepahvand, 39, Farhad Javadi Manesh, 44, and Shapoor Qalehali ...

The UK has condemned a Russian drone attack that killed nine people in Ukraine early on Saturday. The attack, which struck a passenger bus in Ukraine’s north-eastern Sumy region, came just hours after ...

A NUMBER of old diesel locomotives have been left abandoned and rusting in a Cheshire quarry. Eerie aerial images show the trains tightly packed together, surrounded by discarded railway sleepers. The ...

Heather Donahue starred in the low-budget 1999 film about three film students who disappear in the woods while making a documentary about a legendary figure known as the Blair Witch. Now, 50-year-old ...

The broadcaster joined demonstrators outside the supermarket’s AGM in Manchester who are calling on the chain to ditch ...

Crosfields ARLFC, well known for its links to the military rugby league community through its annual Armed Forces Day and Tom Sephton Memorial Trophy Festival, will host the 3rd Round on Wednesday, ...

Arley Hall and Gardens will be transformed into an open-air cinema. On Saturday, September 20, O2 Priority members will be able to watch The Greatest Showman Sing-A-Long for a £5 booking fee. The fee, ...

Regional leaders are meeting in Baghdad at the annual summit of the Arab League, with the war in Gaza expected to once again loom large in discussions. In March, at an emergency summit in Cairo, Arab ...