Teams painstakingly combed endangered Atlantic habitat over several years, helping to grow 8m native trees ...

From Pity Me to Fanny Barks, County Durham has some of the strangest place names in England. Here is where they are and how they got their names.

Girls in the UK are missing out on 280 million hours of sport every year compared with boys, according to research ...

Latest statistics have shown how a 1.5-mile stretch of A-road separates some of the most affluent and deprived parts of a West Midlands borough. Office for National Statistics (ONS) data reveal that ...

While the average property price in the UK is £298,602, according to Halifax’s house price index, there are some areas of the country where a home will cost you up to 20 times more than this. Many of ...

Royal Mail has announced that 2,019 dog attacks on its staff were reported over the past year, an 8% decrease compared with the previous year. While the company has welcomed the drop, it says the ...

UK weather maps show the UK will have some respite from last week's sweltering heatwave - but not for long. The UK is poised to roast in a SECOND "heat dome" heatwave within days, according to weather ...

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Advanced weather modelling maps suggest the hottest day the UK has ever seen could be right around the corner as another heatwave looks set to take hold. Temperature records tumbled this week as the ...

Weather maps have turned volcanic red as they show the next date the UK is set to roast in 30C or higher. A swathe of England may see top temperatures ranging from 31C in Hull, 30C in Manchester and ...

The hottest temperature the UK has ever seen could be recorded this week as weather forecasting maps suggest the mercury may rise as high as 42C. The current all-time record stands at 40.3C, which ...

South-west England and the Channel Islands experienced one of the British Isles' most "remarkable and enduring" extreme summers 50 years ago. The UK Met Office said the drought of 1976, which began on ...