The elevator descending into the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine near the town of Cripple Creek had a mechanical problem around 500 feet (152 metres) beneath the surface, creating a “severe danger for the ...

The Government has sought to demonstrate it is acting on its promises, but has not enjoyed a smooth first few months in office.

Margaret Thatcher’s choice to resume the Tory conference after the bombing 40 years ago was a signal she would not be stopped, Lord Butler says ...

Sarah Parish hopes her new drama Curfew will “start a debate and an argument” about male violence against women. The actress said the show’s premise of a 12-hour curfew on men every night was “too ...

The children’s book tells the story of a little fish with a big imagination who gets lost in the ocean until he is saved by his own storytelling, and will be the 12th book by Donaldson and illustrator ...

Sir Elton John spoke of his favourite moments from the documentary during London Film Festival’s gala screening on Thursday.

Ellisland Farm was built by Scotland’s Bard in 1788 as his family home and he described it as ‘sweet poetic ground’.

Hertfordshire Zoo has announced the hatching of two endangered African penguin chicks, named after Oasis frontmen Liam and Noel Gallagher. Liam and Noel are the first chicks hatched at Hertfordshire ...

Mobile phone users could be at risk of hacking, nuisance calls or having their phone cut off because of little-known rules around the recycling of old numbers, Which? has warned. The consumer group ...

The polling found a fifth of people asked said they do not want assisted dying to be legalised in this Parliament.

Reacting to the study, Matt Lambert, chief executive of the Portman Group, which receives funding from the drinks industry and has firms signed up to its code of practice, said: “This is a deliberate ...