Labour's Bev Craig will succeed Andy Burnham as the new mayor of Greater Manchester. After no candidate secured outright victory in the first round by winning more than half of the vote, Craig beat ...

Israelis in the West Bank are still subject to Israel's civilian law and enjoy widespread freedom of movement, while ...

Boaters are racing against the clock to beat canal closures as waterways run dry due to extreme heat. Some channels ...

An adventurous tortoise is home safe and well after being rescued from a recycling and garden waste centre. Arnold ventured ...

Heritage Crafts is the national charity dedicated to safeguarding and supporting traditional craft skills and knowledge. Those on its endangered list currently have enough craftspeople to pass their ...

In the courtyard of his ancestral home in rural Tibet stands an enormous 300-year-old walnut tree, the seeds of which he was ...

At least four people were killed in Russian ballistic missile strikes on Ukraine, local officials said early on Saturday.

And 40 years ago, while studying one such bed for her PhD, Prof Christine Maggs found a fragment of pink-striped seaweed ...

Ukraine's National Olympic Committee launches an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport against the International ...

A butterfly survey at a town's nature site threw up an unexpected and exciting find, organisers have said. Middlesbrough ...

Now based in Swaledale and a faculty member at the University of Leeds, Lovett lived in the tropical forest for work, ...

A group hoping to revive Bradford Mela 13 years after the festival closed has said it is reimagining the event for a new ...