Sport

Chapeau Christopher: Froome wins Tour du France

Christopher Froome is the winner of the 2015 Tour du France. He's done it! Chris Froome crosses the line safely in Paris to confirm victory in the

26/07/2015

Sport

Tom Daley "can't wait" to compete at Rio 2016

23/07/2015

United Kingdom

Is Jeremy Corbyn too left-of-centre to become next leader of the UK Labour party?

Tony Blair, former leader of the UK’s Labour Party and its most successful election winner, recently told his party it could not win power in Britain

23/07/2015

United Kingdom

One of oldest copies of Koran found in Birmingham library

Birmingham University library claims to house one of the oldest surviving copies of the Koran in the world. Radiocarbon dating suggests fragments of

22/07/2015

United Kingdom

Oldest fragments of the Koran found in Birmingham, UK

A British university says fragments of a Koran manuscript found in its library were from one of the oldest surviving copies of the Islamic text in

22/07/2015

Thailand

Thailand: murder trial to resume of two Burmese men accused of murdering British holidaymakers

The trial is due to resume in Thailand of two Burmese men accused of killing two British packpackers. The hearing will examine the reliability of

22/07/2015

Spain

Spain: woman dies during bungee jump from bridge

A British woman has died during a bungee jump from this bridge in Spain. It happened near the town of Lanjaron in Granada. The 23-year-old is

22/07/2015

United Kingdom

'They will blow you up,' Cameron warns at unveiling of 5-year counter-extremism plan

British Prime Minister David Cameron has unveiled a new, five-year plan to “tackle the poisonous Islamist ideology that is so hostile to British

20/07/2015

Culture news

Pink Floyd's David Gilmour inspired by SNCF jingle

When writing the title track for his new solo album, Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour found inspiration in an unusual place – a French train

20/07/2015

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World Snail Racing Championships

20/07/2015

Culture news

X Factor celebrity Andrea Faustini launches debut album

He was one of the most noticed names in the 2014 X Factor competition. Now, Italian singer Andrea Faustini, who quit university in Rome to pursue

20/07/2015

France

Tour de France leader Chris Froome says spectator threw urine at him amid doping claims

Doping suspicions surrounding Tour de France leader Chris Froome have reached such a frenzy that he says a spectator threw a cup of urine at him on

19/07/2015

United Kingdom

British tabloid defends release of Queen Nazi salute footage

It’s a home movie the British Royal Family would rather have kept under wraps. Shot in 1933, the reel shows Queen Elizabeth performing a Nazi Salute

18/07/2015

World News

Ebola vaccine trials enter Phase II

New Ebola vaccines are tested in Britain and France as efforts to stem the spread of the deadly virus are stepped up.

17/07/2015

United Kingdom

SNP flexes its parliamentary muscles over fox hunting in the UK

The anti-fox-hunting debate has risen up the political agenda in the UK once again. On Tuesday British Prime Minister David Cameron was forced to

15/07/2015

United Kingdom

Calais 'secure zone' to keep migrants away from UK-bound lorries

Britain’s interior minister has told parliament that a new secure zone is being set up in the French port of Calais to protect UK-bound lorries from

14/07/2015

United Kingdom

Heathrow: back to business after protest closed runway

Flights are now back to normal at the UK’s biggest airport after a protest led to some cancellations. Angry at plans for a third runway at Heathrow

13/07/2015

Sport

Manchester City sign Raheem Sterling

Manchester City have agreed a deal to sign Raheem Sterling from Premier League rivals Liverpool. Reports in Britain put the amount paid for the

12/07/2015

Sport

Williams wins Wimbledon to complete "Serena slam"

Serena Williams has won her sixth Wimbledon crown after overcoming a stiff challenge from Spain’s Garbine Muguruza. The American had to battle back

11/07/2015

United Kingdom

Flypast marks 75th anniversary of Battle of Britain

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and other members of the royal family turned out to watch a flypast of RAF planes marking the 75th anniversary of the

10/07/2015