POLICE are appealing for information after bogus workmen conned a Skipton resident out of cash. Police say the alleged fraud took place on Neville Street at 9.30am on Wednesday (February 5).

A small aircraft has crashed on a road in Sao Paulo shortly after taking off from a nearby private airport, killing the pilot and the plane’s owner. The plane went down in the busy Barra Funda ...

The family of a five-year-old boy who died after a large mirror, which had not been securely installed, fell on to him in a department store said they “hope that this tragedy is never repeated”.

Russia’s Defence Ministry claimed on Friday that its forces had captured the mining town of Toretsk in their latest breakthrough in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, where Ukrainian defences are ...

What to do with the kids is often a challenge over the February Half Term. Family Pass has a £1 trial with discounts on days out across the country.

Britain’s former ambassador to the US has been appointed special envoy to the Western Balkans as the UK prepares to host a major European summit with leaders from the region. Foreign Secretary David ...

THE hunt is on for a Queen or King for this year's Skipton Gala. Applications are also being sought for attendants and pageboys with selections due to take place in March. This year's event, due to ...