Millions of Brits could be descendants of Vikings – especially if your surname ends in ‘son’ according to experts. Despite it being more than 900 years since the Viking Age, almost one in three believe their roots can be traced back to the Scandinavian invaders. And experts say surnames can...
A railway record was put on track on Sunday as four trains arrived at the same station for the first time in British history - spanning a whopping FOUR generations. The event celebrated the past, present and future of one of Britain's most iconic pieces of railway - the East Coast...
A man has been arrested near Stansted Airport after being found carrying a RIFLE. Armed police were called following reports of a gunman in possession of a firearm. The man was detained shortly before noon today after a police helicopter was dispatched to Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, The firearm was also recovered...
Today is the first day since the industrial revolution that the UK won't generate any electricity from coal. According to an announcement from the control room at the National Grid the UK's energy mix is set to be coal-free for the next 24 hours for the first time in 135...
The Spice epidemic in Britain's prisons is so bad that staff are getting accidentally wasted through passive smoking - with one smashing up his home after a shift. One senior prison officer today said even in non-smoking jails inmates are ripping out pages of the Bible and damaging electrics to fuel...
Woolly mammoths were wiped out by a giant space rock... just like the dinosaurs, according to new research. Earth was hit by a comet less than 13,000 years ago... wiping out thousands of people and many large animals including the iconic Ice Age beast, say scientists. A fresh analysis of...
A 12-minute train journey cost a rail passenger more than £1,000 after he refused to pay the fare - of just £5.60. Ben Warrington, 20, didn't have a ticket when he went on the 6.7 mile trip from Narborough to Leicester city centre on November 7 last year. A court...
It can be quite unsettling as a Yorkshireman to be more perturbed by our political landscape than about the price of beer or the weather conditions, but with the divorce from our biggest trading partner officially underway and a snap election on the horizon to cement said proceedings my contempt...
Independent Brixton-based roaster Volcano Coffee Works has released the UK's first 100 per cent bio-based compostable coffee pod which is fully compatible with your pod machine. Volcano Coffee Works has been supplying top restaurants and coffee outlets with ethically traded and sustainable coffee since the company launched seven years ago. And...