The knife handle figure, discovered in the River Tyne near Corbridge in Northumberland, is thought to have been bought as a ...

The 51-year-old is undertaking the 300 miles of Radio 2’s Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge on his dream childhood bike, the Raleigh Chopper.

The Leonid meteor shower is set to delight stargazers, sending shooting stars streaking across the night sky. The Leonids – one of the more prolific annual displays – are usually fast, bright meteors ...

Japanese Princess Yuriko has died aged 101 after her health deteriorated recently, palace officials said. Yuriko was the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the ...

The Home Office spent £15 million buying a derelict prison contaminated with asbestos amid political pressure to stop housing migrants in hotels, according to Whitehall’s spending watchdog.

Ilya Lichtenstein masterminded one of the largest-ever thefts from a virtual currency exchange, according to prosecutors.

A patient’s own blood could be used to help create a material potentially capable of repairing their broken bones, new research suggests. Scientists have transformed blood into a substance which ...

The DWP has announced a £15 million funding boost to the Help to Claim scheme which will support thousands of people.

Mr Kennedy ran as an independent in this year’s presidential race and abandoned his bid after striking a deal to give Donald ...

Beans went missing from its home near Glasgow before turning up weeks later south of the border in the West Midlands.

Andrew Bailey will talk about the importance of economic growth at the annual Mansion House speech in the City of London.

The warning came as independent community pharmacies voted in favour of action which could see hours reduced and some ...