Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in eastern Cuba as a Category 3 storm after pummelling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, the US National Hurricane Centre said.

The US National Hurricane Centre said Melissa was ‘one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic ...

Sir David Attenborough is championing a bid by conservationists to raise £30 million to secure a vast upland estate in ...

Thirsk Rotary Club marked World Polio Day by planting 1,000 purple crocus corms in a heart shape. The planting was done in the Rotary Millennium Garden to commemorate October 24, which is World Polio ...

A haul of suspected cocaine worth an estimated eight million euro (£7 million) has been seized in Co Laois. Irish police seized 116 kilos of the substance along with a number of electronic devices ...

Former Prime Minister and Richmond and Northallerton MP Rishi Sunak has voiced support for a national prostate cancer screening programme ...

David Rowe was on holiday in Jamaica with his wife and two children for 10 days before deciding to return to the UK early ...

A SIX-year-old boy has raised more than £8,000 for a hospital children’s unit. Harley from Whitby was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes earlier this year after his parents, Emily and Adam Muscroft, ...

As many as 8,000 British citizens are in Jamaica, with people ordered to stay inside to avoid the world’s strongest storm of ...

British tourists are locked down in their hotels as life-threatening Hurricane Melissa batters Jamaica. As many as 8,000 ...

The range includes new additions such as two candles inspired by her wedding date and her birthday, retailing for £48 each.

MPs have raised concerns that slashing the development budget will ‘lead to unrest and further crises in the future’ posing a threat to ...