Robert Richardson from the Lake District has just come second for Great Britain for the ACO Musto Skiff World Championship in Australia.

The forthcoming closure of the Grangemouth oil refinery is a “shining example of how not to do anything”, MPs were told as the boss of plant owners Ineos came under fire.

The Met Office has issued an amber warning of wind from 6am to 9pm on Friday across the north of England, south of Scotland and North Wales.

Climate Change Committee chief executive Emma Pinchbeck spoke out as she appeared at Westminster’s Scottish Affairs Committee.

A 12-year-old boy was said to have been walking home when he was stabbed in the stomach, and later died of his injuries.

Cumbria's Grace Dent is set to take over from Gregg Wallace on the latest series of MasterChef. Speaking to Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard on This Morning on Monday, Grace confessed it was a "dream come ...