QPR have been given a cash boost after the family of the world's fifth richest man bought a 20% stake in the club. The son-in-law of Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, who is reportedly worth £50bn, ...

Three wounded UK soldiers have described how they survived an attack by a US A-10 Thunderbolt anti-tank aircraft that killed one of their troop and destroyed two armoured vehicles. One of the ...

Holiday camp: Clacton-on-Sea, 1950s Sir Cliff Richard's red coat days saw the birth of his rock and roll career, performing with a backing group called The Drifters for £25 a week. The singer, whose ...

A pensioner left with a family secret ever since a royal was killed in a wartime plane crash has spoken out to protect her dead uncle's memory. Margaret Harris, from Prestatyn, is the niece of the ...

"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent." Winston Churchill's talismanic speech about the onset of the cold war has been made ...

People in western countries tend to have more sexual partners than those in the developing world, a study says. Monogamy is dominant across the world, but multiple partners are more common in rich ...

Científicos han dado un significativo e importante paso adelante en la comprensión de la dinámica del magnífico y misterioso ...

Actor Jack Wild, who played The Artful Dodger in 1968 film Oliver!, has died at the age of 53. Wild was nominated for an Oscar when he was just 16 for the role. He also starred in late-1960s US ...

Scientists have made a breakthrough in their understanding of the genetics behind human eye colour. They found that just a few "letters" out of the six billion that make up the genetic code are ...

Known as Lord Haw Haw because of his nasal drawl, Joyce was a fascist politician and Nazi propaganda broadcaster to the UK during World War II. He defected to Germany, but at the end of the war was ...

An analysis of the World Trade Center collapse has challenged a conspiracy theory surrounding the 9/11 attacks. The study by a Cambridge University engineer demonstrates that once the collapse of the ...

Psychiatrists say a decision to close a unit which offers unique help to people with complex mental health problems will harm vulnerable patients. The NHS trust which ordered the closure of the ...