Richard Longthorpe raised £22,000 for St Paul’s, Goole Amateur Boxing Club and Parkinson’s UK last January by doing 1,000 press-ups a day.

A driver in a pick-up truck who was “hell-bent on carnage” sped through a crowd of pedestrians in New Orleans’ bustling French Quarter in the early hours of New Year’s Day, killing 10 people and ...

Analysis of global climate patterns from past 1.5 million years reveal links between ocean circulation and climate changes.

Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community collected hundreds of bags of litter in towns and cities across the UK as part of an annual New Year clean-up. More than 1,700 people took part in the event ...

The Silchester Players, a well-known amateur dramatic group, are preparing for this year’s panto, Puss in Boots, a tradition they've upheld ...

Plans have been submitted for permission to build homes on land used to grow Christmas trees next to a garden centre.

Mr Wylie is a former soldier, adventurer and bestselling author, known for his appearances on Channel 4’s BAFTA-nominated Hunted and ...

Some residents have been asked to evacuate where flood warnings have been issued, Manchester City Council said.

A loud bang, a burst of red, white and blue confetti and lots of cheering marked the start of the rain-soaked and delayed London New Year’s Day Parade. Hundreds of umbrellas went up at the time the ...

In another New Year staple, darts fans again flocked to London’s Alexandra Palace, many in costume, to see what the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune would bring in 2025.

He was the last communist leader of Soviet Estonia and the Baltic country’s second president after the restoration of independence.