Independence fighters led by Egianus Kogoya, a regional commander in the Free Papua Movement, stormed a single-engine plane ...

Sri Lankans began voting on Saturday in a presidential election that will determine the course of the country’s recovery from ...

Great Paxton Scarecrow Festival returned on September 14 and has seen locals recreate musicians including Taylor Swift – 22 hat included – and Oasis in straw form and given the names T’Haylor Swift ...

Woody Cook, who BBC Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball shares with Fatboy Slim said he has "spent a lot more time with her [Zoe] recently".

Emma Raducanu’s injury problems struck again as she retired from her Korea Open quarter-final against top seed Daria Kasatkina. The 21-year-old Briton had just lost the first set 6-1 when she withdrew ...

Strictly’s Vito Coppola, Irish TV and radio presenter Craig Doyle and Line Of Duty actress Rochenda Sandall were in the BBC Celebrity ...

Greg Bateman and Kai Horstmann will be climbing Snowdon, Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis and cycling the 675 kilometres between them.

South Carolina put inmate Freddie Owens to death on Friday as the state restarted executions after an unintended 13-year pause because prison officials could not get the drugs needed for lethal ...

Yeadon Sailing Club (YSC) was awarded £2000 after being announced as a runner-up in the national Sunsail Funding the Future competition. The club was selected as one of three finalists from 61 ...

The plant on an island in the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania was the site of the nation’s worst commercial nuclear power ...

Nigel Farage and his deputy Richard Tice sought to capitalise on their links with the Trump campaign at Reform UK’s party ...

A weather warning for thunderstorms and heavy showers is in force across much of southern England and Wales. The Met Office says damage to buildings as a result of lightning strikes, disruption to ...