Some 81 of this healthcare spending is spent in hospitals (£9.6bn), with 56 (£6.6bn) of that going on emergency hospital care.

The King is “deeply saddened” over the death of the Aga Khan, who was “a personal friend of many years”, a royal source has said. The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions ...

Fondop headed home from Tom Pett’s cross in the 18th minute to give the visitors all three points at the Crown Oil Arena.

Lancashire Constabulary are searching for a man who is wanted on recall from prison. Dean Green-Lynch is described as 6ft 1in tall and of a slim build and has connections to Blackburn. Anyone who ...

Rovers are chasing back-to-back league wins for the first time since December. New signing Augustus Kargbo could make his debut, but Emmanuel Dennis, Cauley Woodrow and Yuri Ribeiro weren't registered ...

A driver is in a “critical condition” following a crash in Longridge in the early hours of this morning. Lancashire Constabulary are appealing for witnesses and footage after two drivers were involved ...

A renegotiated deal on returning the Chagos Islands to Mauritius is being considered by the new US administration.

A reveller says he is still feeling the lasting effects of a tumble last summer - when he ignored a warning sign and fell down a waterfall.

ITV is to cut down its soap schedule by an hour a week, with Coronation Street and Emmerdale to be changed to half-hour instalments, the ...

Burnley and Padiham police have issued numerous youth referral orders after children committed a spate of anti-social offences across the region.

A Darwen-based furniture manufacturer, which “repeatedly failed to protect its own workers”, has been fined after staff were exposed to ...