Over this year, the News & Star have highlighted a 'dog of the week', who was up for rehoming from Dogs Trust Cumbria.

A Bury couple whose ‘extraordinary commitment’ to foster care transformed dozens of children’s lives are being given the freedom of ...

Jeremy Wright was working as a principal in a small town when he learned that one of his students, Bridgett, was being kicked ...

"Bridgett is fun, she's feisty, she's just a sweet girl," her adoptive mom says. "She's got a really big heart" ...

Ellie Hay was a teenager before she knew what a mother’s love felt like, and years later, she is now thankful to Joanne Andrews.

Ellie Hay was a teenager before she knew what a mother’s love felt like, and years later, she is now thankful to Joanne ...

A foster parent who lost his sight after being injured by a child in his care has said he never considered stopping being a ...

Keith and Helen Atkinson are to be given 'the freedom of Bury' as a reward for their 'nothing short of life-changing' ...

Durham County Council is partnering with Now Foster to launch the Weekenders Programme, making County Durham one of the first UK areas to ...

The RSPCA in Lancashire is appealing for a foster home for a dog who has made a heartwarming recovery after being left for ...

The UK government has published a new homelessness strategy for England. The strategy speaks to different forms of ...

"With the cost of living crisis, people are dumping cats outside the doors of rescues or releasing them in woodlands because ...