The world’s highest bridge opened last weekend, reportedly cutting a one-hour journey down to one minute. The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge smashed the Guinness World Records at 625 metres high when it ...

The museum’s specimen is said to have been “caught” in Japan just after 1700. Of course, it is a fake: part of a stuffed monkey, with a fish tail and fish jaw, complete with teeth. The mermaid has a ...

According to residents, Hatherleigh has now been locally split into the ‘Old Town’ and ‘New Town’. The 'New Town' refers to a new estate named 'The Market Quarter' whose redevelopment began in 2019, ...

From bone-chilling blizzards and hurricane-force winds to devastating droughts and biblical-style floods, these are the worst weather events the world has experienced in the last century.

I should think that most customers shopping at Sainsbury’s in Spa Road pass by those crumbling old gates outside without ...

Japan is on the brink of running out of Asahi Super Dry as a cyberattack cripples the nation’s largest brewer. With production halted across most of Asahi’s 30 factories and shipments frozen, retailer ...

The Met Office has issued a new amber weather warning for Friday, warning that "danger to life is likely" as Storm Amy approaches the UK.

What do bed and breakfast owners, vampire-hunting bartenders, senior citizen sleuths and nepo babies have in common? Probably not much, but they’re featured in some of the new books we think you ...

President Bola Tinubu, in his 65th Independence Day Broadcast, paid a glowing tribute to Nigeria’s founding fathers. He honored leaders like Herbert Macaulay, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Obafemi Awolowo, and ...

The Met Office has issued a weather warning for strong wind covering London as Storm Amy hits the country packing predicted gusts up to 100mph. The yellow warning comes into effect at midnight and ...

A new list of the most cancelled books in the US includes some of the most revered texts in the world. Here, Alex Hannaford talks to the librarians on the frontline of the battle for free speech ...