The scenic route which connects Manchester and Sheffield requires major funding to stay open - but who is prepared to pay?

Benedict Cumberbatch, Rosamund Pike and Sir Anthony Hopkins have been spotted filming scenes at Sandown Park racecourse for a Guy Ritchie film about the British aristocracy.

Nicky Henderson is not ruling out the possibility of heading straight to the Cheltenham Festival with Sir Gino, after revealing his star novice chaser’s recovery from a minor setback was not ...

This morning will see largely cloudy skies and little to no sunshine. During the afternoon there will be no changes to the conditions. A dull day. Tonight This evening will see cloudy skies for ...

Today will see patchy cloud with the odd bright spell throughout much of the day, but thicker cloud will move in from the west towards the evening. A chilly day. Tonight Tonight will be cloudy and ...

NOTWITHSTANDING his advanced age, the announcement of the death of Sir Robert Christison will be received with universal regret. He died on January 27, from the effects of a cold caught a month ...

Fitz Henry Lane, 1804–1865, View of Gloucester Harbor, 1858. Oil on canvas. From the Carolyn A. and Peter S. Lynch Collection at the McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College. Peter Lynch, vice ...

The Royal Society, as our national science academy, holds a unique and leading position within the UK scientific community, a position that in the Society’s own words “rests upon the reputation of the ...

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Fulham win earns West Ham United Utilita Performance of the Week award ...

Update - Well done to all of you who got in touch to point out this is a painting by Sir Peter Lely. Intriguingly ... have unveiled a re-discovered portrait of Oliver Cromwell by Robert Walker.