The railways were nationalised under the 1947 Transport Act and managed by “British Railways”. Back in the 1950s, the railway ...

Two women born on the Chagos Islands are seeking to take the British government to court over a proposed deal to transfer sovereignty of the disputed Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius.

OPINION: Till Death Us Do Part is no longer rerun but was said to be a favourite of the late Queen Elizabeth II.

A groundswell of Tesla protests has erupted across the globe, many launched by groups that have emerged in recent months.

Sometimes, the best inspiration is hiding in plain sight, as proven by these great Beatles songs written about real-life events.

Since the 1960s, people have been searching for the mythical creature known as Bigfoot. Most cryptozoologists would place him in the forested expanses of the Pacific Northwest of America, perhaps even ...

Britain has laid the keel for the Royal Navy's largest-ever submarine. At BAE Systems's Barrow-in-Furness facility, the ...

Europe’s busiest airport was shut for hours on Friday after an outage caused by an electricity substation fire.

“It really is a company that became the country,” says Reynolds, the Hudson’s Bay executive, who is British and had to learn ...

Music + Life, the first retrospective of work by photographer Dennis Morris, draws reggae fans with his iconic Bob Marley portrait but immerses them in a world of extraordinary photography ...

According to Heathrow's website, there is no formal ban on night flights but since the 1960s, the Government has placed restrictions on them. There is an annual limit of 5,800 night-time take-offs and ...