Radio isn’t just for listening to easy-listening jazz and Top 20 pop tracks. Human-made catastrophes see radio play a central ...

Metal detecting isn’t just about searching for ancient treasure – the missing belongings of living people are just as ...

Pop-star-turned-actress Beverley Knight on why Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis owed a huge debt to Sister Rosetta Tharpe, rock’s ...

1990 — At Fenway Park, gimpy-legged Bill Buckner, 41, hits an inside-the-park home run for the Boston Red Sox. It will be his only homer in this, his last, season as he will play just 22 games.

A new documentary film will feature previously unseen footage of the testing of an ill-fated prototype "hover train".

London Bridge has been rebuilt several times; the current concrete structure dates from 1973. The Millennium Bridge, which is ...

ABOUT 20 residents from Henley’s twin town of Falaise in France were hosted at a reception at the town hall. The guests, who ...

Thames Ironworks completed their march to the Southern League Division Two (London) title with a record 10-0 victory over Maidenhead on 15 April 1899. Formed just four years previously in June 1895, ...

Environment Secretary Steve Reed has vowed to clean up the River Thames following warnings that competitors in tomorrow’s Boat Race are risking their health. He said he was “angry” after ...

The Thames’ water quality has been slammed as the ‘lowest possible rating’ with fears growing over the safety of the Boat Race participants. Oxford and Cambridge meet on Sunday for the ...

E.coli has been traced in multiple water samples from the stretch of the River Thames that will host the famous Boat Race on Sunday, campaigners say. Campaign group River Action, which started ...

Action Fraud has revealed that Thames Valley Police received 861 reports of investment fraud with an associated financial loss of £23,228,138. People aged 35-44 were more likely to be targeted ...