A CUMBRIAN hotel director has opened the doors of his venue to support passengers of a train which derailed near Shap earlier this morning.

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A man has been charged over a mass stabbing on a busy train in Cambridgeshire and is also accused of attempted murder after an incident on a different train earlier that day.

The family of the late rugby league star Rob Burrow has opened the first purpose-built centre dedicated entirely to MND care, research and support, which has been hailed as a “transformative moment in ...

The Stormont Education Minister has been criticised for a trip to Israel during which he asked his department to highlight his visit to a school.

A rare Royal Mint 20p coin fetched £62 on eBay after sparking a mini bidding war. The 20p coin, a "mule" coin, minted in 2008, sold for more than 300 times its face value at the online auction. This ...

85 passengers have been 'safely escorted' from a train after it derailed on the West Coast Mainline after it derailed in Cumbria. The British Transport Police have reported that 85 passengers have ...

Son of Ozzy Osbourne, Jack Osbourne, has reportedly signed up for ITV's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!

A 'major incident' has been declared after a train derailed on the West Coast Mainline. Transport secretary Heidi Alexander told LBC Radio said work would be carried out swiftly to get people off the ...

AVANTI West Coast has released a statement after a train crash in Cumbria. Today, a service running through Cumbria derailed at Shap. This has disrupted trains running across the county.

A train has derailed in Cumbria and a major incident has been declared. Emergency services are working to get passengers off the train safely, but there are no reported injuries. Avanti West Coast ...

The US government shutdown is poised to become the longest ever this week as the impasse between Democrats and Republicans dragged into a new month. Millions of people in America could lose food aid ...