A huge king penguin chick named Pesto, who weighs as much as his parents combined, has become a social media celebrity and a star attraction at an Australian aquarium. Weighing 22kg at nine months old ...

Health and safety experts are calling for urgent action to tackle an “epidemic” of long working hours. It follows a study by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) which suggested ...

Janine Edgar, from Suffolk, discovered she had bladder cancer when a growth was spotted at the 20-week ultrasound scan for her first baby.

Britain’s biggest water company currently has only enough funding to see it through to the end of May next year, and is scrambling for fresh cash.

The gold Aston Martin DB5 model was created to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the James Bond film Goldfinger.

Plans to open a vast area of the Arctic seabed to mining will cause “irreversible harm” to unique and vulnerable wildlife and habitats, Greenpeace International has warned.

Retail sales rose 1 last month as warmer weather and end-of-season deals helped to boost supermarkets and clothes stores.

Official figures showed higher spending on public services, while national debt hit levels last seen in the early 1960s.

Dignitaries have marked the recovery of a photo portrait of Winston Churchill known as The Roaring Lion, which was stolen in Canada and recovered in Italy after a two-year search by police.

Laurence Bard, one of the original choristers from 1963, was part of the reunion at the Dolby Theatre in Soho.

The aunt of Raneem Oudeh, who was killed by her ex-partner, says her niece was ‘not heard until she lost her life’.

British adventurer Hamish Harding and father and son Shahzada and Suleman Dawood were among the five people who died on the sub.