Purgatory News

Cumbria Police has urged people not to travel to the county on Sunday after it declared a major incident because of heavy snowfall on the countys roads..

Shane MacGowans wife says his song Fairytale Of New York absolutely should be the Christmas number one..

Fifty oil companies representing nearly half of global production have pledged to reach near-zero methane emissions and end routine flaring in their operations by 2030, the president of the United Nations climate talks said..

An 84-year-old man has died after an explosion at a house in Edinburgh, Police Scotland said..

Russian security forces have raided gay clubs and bars across Moscow, less than 48 hours after the countrys top court banned what it called the global LGBTQ+ movement as an extremist organisation..

Leaders of developing nations have used the second day of the UN climate summit to press rich industrial countries to share their knowhow to fight global warming and ease the financial burdens they face..

Flights have been suspended after UK temperatures dropped to minus 10C in some places overnight..

Charles will tell leaders and climate delegates that the hope of the world rests on decisions taken at the international summit.

No areas of its policing are currently inadequate, according to HMICFRS.

Booking systems will close on 15th December.

Members of Aslef at 16 train operating companies will refuse to work overtime from today, and begin a series of strikes tomorrow.

Theyll be in London, Swansea, Glasgow and Belfast.

Former chancellor and veteran Labour politician Alistair Darling has died aged 70..

The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan has died at the age of 65, his wife Victoria Mary Clarke announced in an Instagram post..

Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger has been described as one of the most dependable and distinctive voices on foreign affairs following his death at the age of 100..

Matt Hancock is expected to contest accusations made about his performance as health secretary during the pandemic as he appears before the UK Covid-19 Inquiry..

Visitors have one final opportunity to say goodbye to Britains only giant pandas before zoo keepers get them ready to make their way back to China..

More than a quarter of UK adults say they are likely to use buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) to help ease spending over the festive period, Citizens Advice has found..

GPs must be given more support to delivery continuity of care for patients, the safety investigator has recommended..

Henry Kissinger, the US secretary of state who dominated foreign policy under former presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, has died aged 100, his consulting firm Kissinger Associates said..