10+ hour, 44+ min ago  (371+ words) One of the rarest scientific instruments held by National Museums Scotland (NMS) has turned 1,000 years old. The astrolabe, an intricate brass instrument made in 11th century Spain, was used for charting the position of the stars. NMS said the object is…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (373+ words) Real Madrid take on Benfica in the first leg of their Champions League play-off this evening. Los Blancos did not make the top eight in the league phase of Europe's premier competition, finishing ninth in the table. They were dealt…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago  (1050+ words) Luxury jewellery designer Solange Azagury-Partridge is famed for designing bold pieces beloved by red-carpet regulars: think Helena Bonham-Carter, Anne Hathaway, and Charlize Theron. When she's not crafting treasures, the West London native heads to Italy for a break beside the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (558+ words) England have been paired with Spain and Croatia in a tough-looking draw for the 2026/27 Nations League. Thomas Tuchel's side have been handed a difficult path in their quest to reach the finals of the UEFA competition for the first time…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (355+ words) A search operation is under way after the coastguard received reports of a man going overboard from a passenger ferry. HM Coastguard said crews responded to the incident on the Stranraer to Larne service at 1.21pm on Thursday. They said Larne…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (242+ words) A man has died after falling unconscious as a flight was preparing to land at a London airport. The man sadly died whilst travelling on an Emirates flight travelling to London Stansted from Dubai on February 8. Cabin crew on board…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago  (490+ words) A British pensioner has been rescued from a Tenerife ravine more than a day after disappearing during a lone hiking expedition. Susan Hornby, 76, had set off by herself for a walk while holidaying with her husband Peter on the Spanish…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (796+ words) A young man fell to his death from the fifth floor of a central London apartment block after a railing "gave way, his family said. Joshua Robbins, 23, was looking to see if a pizza delivery rider had arrived when the…...

3+ week, 15+ hour ago  (1092+ words) Four British people have died within four months after being struck down with stomach bugs while on holiday in Cape Verde, lawyers representing their families have said. Elena Walsh, 64, from Birmingham, Mark Ashley, 55, of Bedfordshire, 64-year-old Karen Pooley, from Gloucestershire,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (945+ words) A drug kingpin who was caught leaving his home with more than "160,000 of cash in a carrier bag has been jailed after police uncovered his multi-million-pound role in an organised crime group. Samuel De Vere-Hunt, 30, was responsible for laundering over…...