Mervyn Kersh arrived in Normandy aged 19, three days after the start of the D-Day invasion in June 1944, acting for the Royal Army Ordnance Corps.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Rwandan government on Friday declared the outbreak in Rwanda of the Ebola-like Marburg fever over after no new cases were registered in recent weeks. The ...

An appeal has been launched after a handbag was stolen from someone who was believed to have been followed in the Spindles car park in Oldham ...

The US military conducted airstrikes in northeastern Syria on Thursday, killing a leader of the so-called Islamic State (IS) group and one other militant, US Central Command (Centcom) has said. The ...

Things are on the up for Latics at the end of a year of highs and lows. Here, in the first part of our review of the year, Latics reporter ...

A clip of the Reform UK politician shows his opinion of the US president rather than his thoughts on former EDL leader Tommy Robinson.

It came as neighbouring nations at a meeting in Thailand were discussing efforts to end the country’s conflict peacefully.

Roads and public transport could be disrupted by strong winds as people travel across the country for the festive period, the Met Office said.

A Co Tyrone man detained in Dubai over an online review he posted has arrived home in what he described as a “Christmas miracle”. Craig Ballentine, 33, from Cookstown, was arrested in October when he ...

A police officer who worked at an Oldham police station has been convicted by a jury of sexually assaulting two co-workers.

The Children’s Society said it is committed to supporting survivors of abuse and accepting the donation would not be consistent with ...

A forensic accountant is the first woman to become Countdown champion in 26 years. The long-running numbers and words game show, which has been on Channel 4 since 1982 when the broadcaster launched, ...