Historically, experts classified giraffes as a single species with nine subspecies, but that has been overturned by the new classification.

The former childminder, from Northampton, was ordered to serve 40 of her 31-month sentence in prison before being released on licence.

A hotel in a 'quaint and historic' North Yorkshire fishing village, Staithes, has hit the market for £899,000 with Christie & Co.

The Office for National Statistics said the borrowing of £1.1 billion is the lowest July figure for three years.

More than 200 Ofcom complaints have been lodged against the hit ITV soap opera Emmerdale because of  "uncomfortable" scenes aired before the watershed. The television regulator revealed that around ...

The former Brazilian president’s intention to flee was revealed in documents found on his phone, federal police said.

The Copa Sudamericana game between Independiente and Universidad of Chile in Buenos Aires was halted with the score at 1-1.

A reverend says “selfish” drivers are disrupting funerals at a Darlington church by moving bollards so they can park.

The 44-turbine farm in the south of Scotland is set to deliver more than £800 million in local investment over its 40-year operational life.

A flotilla of hundreds of historic ships is heading into Amsterdam, kicking off a five-day festival celebrating the Dutch ...

Construction is underway on a new headquarters at RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire, which will host the Yorkshire Universities Air Squadron and No ...

Hope has been expressed that the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) can deliver truth and accountability around the Shankill bomb. Two men bereaved in the ...