Carshalton is just 25 minutes from London Victoria by train, but stepping into the village feels like entering a different pace of life.

The UK Government has pledged up to £10million in 'life-saving aid' to Myanmar after a deadly earthquake claimed more than 1,000 lives.

Look north for a castle with one surviving tower ... years since the death of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet, naturalist, collector and owner of Calke Abbey, described by the Trust as an ...

It makes movement around the country both difficult and dangerous, complicating relief efforts and raising fears that the death toll could still rise precipitously ... a 90-year-old bridge collapsed, ...

An office tower in downtown Bangkok swayed from side to side for at least two minutes, with doors and windows creaking loudly, witnesses said. Hundreds of employees filed out via emergency stairs ...

Mary had her half sister arrested and sent to the Tower of London, the customary ... in 1560 at the bottom of a staircase, dead of a broken neck. Though her death was more likely a suicide or ...

The charity Pancreatic Cancer UK has revealed an installation of nearly 800 pairs of trainers in Potters Field this morning ahead of the London Marathon ... with many misjudging the annual death toll ...

Have you ever seen the world’s highest bridge? After the Three Gorges Dam, China is once again in the news headlines because of its new milestone in infrastructure development, as its engineers ...

Until recently, my favourite travel anecdote involving London's Tower Bridge had been riding across it years ago on an open-top bus, and my friend's hat flying off her head in the breeze and ...

The first new road crossing east of London’s Tower Bridge in 33 years has opened. The Silvertown Tunnel connects Silvertown with the Greenwich Peninsula, running beneath the River Thames.

The City Bridge ... in central London at no cost to the taxpayer, is worried that motorists will divert to the closest practical free river crossing, which is likely to be Tower Bridge.

Rima Horton made the comments by Tower Bridge in London at an event highlighting the importance of early detection of pancreatic cancer. Actor Alan Rickman had “so much more” to offer the ...