Straw versions of Dumbledore, Professor Stephen Hawking and Dr Dre have taken over a village in Wiltshire. Urchfont Scarecrow ...

The party took control of 10 local authorities in England at last week’s local elections, including Durham, Lancashire and Staffordshire.

Dozens of Second World War veterans have been gathering in a Dutch town to mark the 80th anniversary of the Netherlands’ ...

Israel has approved plans to capture the entire Gaza Strip and remain in the territory for an unspecified amount of time, two ...

Senior royals waved to thousands of people from the Buckingham Palace balcony as a Red Arrows flypast continued the commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in ...

The theft affected dozens of trains travelling between Madrid and the southern Andalusian cities of Seville, Malaga and Granada.

King George VI and the Queen Mother made eight balcony appearances and were joined by their daughters, Queen Elizabeth II (then Princess Elizabeth) and Princess Margaret, who later famously slipped ...

Captain Bryan Warren, 87, a veteran Argyll and Sutherland Highlander, shared memories of being evacuated as a child to Bournemouth, and seeing D-Day aircraft overhead. His lifetime of service included ...

Senior royals have joined thousands of people in London to observe a military procession to begin commemorations marking the end of the Second World War in Europe.

The 68-year-old actor read extracts from Churchill’s speech from VE Day in 1945, standing in front of a statue of the wartime leader.

Royal enthusiasts rocked the red, white and blue look as they gathered for VE Day celebrations in central London – with one woman’s outfit attracting special attention.

PLANS have been submitted to convert the former The Abbey care home in North Berwick into short-term lets and a house. The care home, which was run by East Lothian Councul, closed last year and was ...