A cheap and widely available antidepressant has shown to be “unexpectedly effective” in treating aggressive brain tumours, scientists have said. Vortioxetine is recommended by the National Institute ...

Scientists say that testing for fatty acids could make it easier to identify children at risk of various conditions.

The Environment Agency has issued a flood alert in the town for land close to the River Mersey estuary, urging people to ‘be prepared’. This covers land at Woolston Eyes, Paddington Meadows, The ...

Jess Phillips said the Government has had ‘robust’ conversations with Serco, who took over the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) tagging contract ...

Janine Edgar, from Suffolk, discovered she had bladder cancer when a growth was spotted at the 20-week ultrasound scan for her first baby.

Britain’s biggest water company currently has only enough funding to see it through to the end of May next year, and is scrambling for fresh cash.

Health and safety experts are calling for urgent action to tackle an “epidemic” of long working hours. It follows a study by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) which suggested ...

Lancaster University is the number one university in the North West, according to The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025.

FIREFIGHTERS rushed to attend a fire in a wooded area in Birchwood. One fire engine from Birchwood was dispatched at around 5pm yesterday evening, Thursday. A crew attended the scene of a 'small fire' ...

Retail sales rose 1 last month as warmer weather and end-of-season deals helped to boost supermarkets and clothes stores.

Dignitaries have marked the recovery of a photo portrait of Winston Churchill known as The Roaring Lion, which was stolen in Canada and recovered in Italy after a two-year search by police.

Plans to open a vast area of the Arctic seabed to mining will cause “irreversible harm” to unique and vulnerable wildlife and habitats, Greenpeace International has warned.