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 ...

Human-induced climate change is causing shifts in the world’s largest ocean current and westerly wind systems also seen during periods of ice age and warmer intervals in Earth’s history, researchers ...

THE New Year has kicked off with a treat as the Northern Lights have been spotted in the Worcester sky. Stunning pictures, taken by Anil Patel, show Aurora Borealis glistening in the sky over the ...

A BEAMING couple marked the New Year by welcoming their 'perfect' new daughter into the world. Sophie Tongue and Simon Wiles, both from Pershore, welcomed their daughter Emily at 6.28am on New Year's ...

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 ...

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

Brass bands, bagpipers, cheerleaders and DJs brought the entertainment to London’s streets despite the grey skies.

The League One clash between Wigan and Huddersfield was also postponed earlier on Wednesday due to flooding in the area. Despite the pitch at the Brick Community Stadium being playable, the game ...

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.

Arnold Ruutel, the last communist leader of Soviet Estonia and the Baltic country’s second president after the restoration of independence, has died at the age of 96. The office of the President of ...

GRITTING lorries will be out on Worcestershire's roads as temperatures are set to drop overnight. Ringway Worcestershire said it would be sending out teams across the county from 9pm tonight ...