A CARLISLE woman sent early-morning text messages to family members and friends reporting that she had been sexually assaulted, a jury heard.

SENTENCE has been adjourned on a man who has tried to fraudulently obtain a caravan by using a fake bank transfer record.

Willie Mullins has been forced to rule his exciting prospect Anzadam out for the rest of the season. The five-year-old burst on to the scene earlier this season in November when winning a Grade Three ...

Jurors have been shown multiple videos of a Chinese PhD student allegedly raping nine women in London and China. Zhenhao Zou, 27, allegedly filmed himself raping the women in different locations on ...

There is a “real chance” that hostages being released by Hamas could be injured or killed just before they reach safety, lawyers for the families of British-linked hostages have warned.

POLICE have held a County Lines presentation at a Carlisle secondary school. Carlisle Police gave the presentation at Richard Rose Morton Academy on Thursday, January 30. The talk aimed to highlight ...

Singer and actress Marianne Faithfull has died at the age of 78, a spokesperson has said. Faithfull’s hits included As Tears Go By, which was written by The Rolling Stones’ Sir Mick Jagger and Keith ...

Resident doctors in England have voted to go into dispute in a row over working conditions. Members of the BMA, formerly known as junior doctors, said there has been a lack of progress over reforms to ...

Forensic evidence links a man to the “callous and cowardly” murder of three police officers in Northern Ireland in 1982, a court has heard. Martin John McCauley, 62, with an address at Esmondale in ...

All 64 people on board an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter are feared dead in what is likely to be the worst US aviation disaster in almost quarter of a century, officials ...

Joe Saumarez Smith has stood down from his role as chair of the British Horseracing Authority with immediate effect due to deteriorating health.

THE M6 southbound in Cumbria is set to be closed overnight to allow 'emergency repairs' to take place. The motorway will be closed between Junction 39 and Junction 37 between 8pm tonight (Thursday, ...