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China's terracotta warriors march to Liverpool museum

The exhibit also features a collection of more than 180 Chinese artefacts.

07 Feb 2018 1:30 PM

The balls were 40kg pieces of the rocket used to hold reaction control system propellant or tank pressure gases. (Photo: Pixabay)

Giant balls of metal are falling from sky in towns across globe, locals baffled

Metal spheres spotted falling from sky in different parts of world have left dozens completely baffled.

02 Feb 2018 8:52 PM

Author Wendy Holden, who chaired the judging panel, on Tuesday called the collection “life affirming and uplifting.” (Photo: Twitter/ Helen Dunmore)

Late poet Helen Dunmore’s collection wins Costa book prize

Open to writers based in Britain and Ireland, the Costa prizes are awarded in five categories.

31 Jan 2018 2:23 PM

Heart attack risk high with one cigarette a day: study

Tobacco kills about seven million people worldwide every year, according to the World Health Organization.

25 Jan 2018 10:55 AM

The generation aged between 16 to 24 has been controversially dubbed the 'snowflakes'. (Photo: Pixabay)

Survey reveals one fourth of millennials are stressed out every day

While only 31 per cent revealed that they felt mentally stimulated every day, while 46 per cent felt stressed under three times a week.

20 Jan 2018 7:19 PM

Report, recently released, goes on to add that cyber vulnerabilities within nuclear weapons systems and structures present a whole set of dangers and risks. (Representational Image/ Pixabay)

Nuclear weapons in Britain are vulnerable to a cyber attack, says study

Experts warn that dangers include missiles being launched incorrectly since most of them have been built before advent of cyber warfare.

11 Jan 2018 10:17 AM

Scientists reproduced the sausage dog’s DNA in a litter borne by a canine surrogate mum. (Representational Photo: Pixabay)

UK’s first cloned dog Minnie Winnie expecting litter of puppies

Owner Rebecca Bourne, 34, is thrilled since her original dog Winnie died last year at the age of 15 after being hit by a car.

09 Jan 2018 10:47 AM

The couple, 90-year-old Ted Wright and 81-year-old Joan Grant dated for 15 years before deciding to tie the knot. (Photo: Picjumbo)

Elderly couple at 81 and 90 set to become Britain’s oldest newlyweds

Couple will tie knot in small registry office ceremony in their hometown of Swindon, Wiltshire in January.

16 Dec 2017 12:03 PM

In this Tuesday Sept. 24, 1996 file photo, Britain's Diana, Princess of Wales, arrives for dinner in Washington. (Photo: AP)

UK Princes William and Harry announce sculptor for new Diana statue

The brothers commissioned a statue in honour of their mother to be erected outside their official London home Kensington Palace.

10 Dec 2017 11:31 AM

Xenophobic British citizens who believe that immigrants threaten their values and way of life were more likely to have voted in favour of the UK to leave the European Union, a study has found.(Photo: Pixabay)

Xenophobia made British citizen's vote for Brexit: study

The research also found that people who just thought it was great to be British or just valued their British identity.

27 Nov 2017 6:55 PM

Dogs are permitted to sit at the bar, where free treats are on offer, or they may use special dog beds. (Photo: Pixabay)

Berkshire pub is Britain's most dog-friendly

The “Fox and Hounds” in Theale, Berkshire has been named Britain’s most dog-friendly pub in 2017.

25 Nov 2017 3:37 PM

The 16-gramme (0.6-ounce) specimen was cultivated in Wales in the roots of a Mediterranean oak tree that had been treated with truffle spores. (Representational Image/ Pixabay)

British scientists grow Perigord truffle for first time

Scientists say climate change could make it a new British crop.

07 Nov 2017 8:49 AM

Britain's Prince William accompanies Prince George as he is greeted by Helen Haslem - the head of the lower school as he arrives for his first day of school at Thomas's school in Battersea, London, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. (Photo: AP)

Prince George starts first day of school

George is third in line to succeed Queen Elizabeth II

07 Sep 2017 4:26 PM

Baby given 1% chance to live now thriving as a teen

Aaliyah Hart defied all odds.

05 Sep 2017 3:19 PM

According to Michael Litchfield, Mills admitted his guilt to the Scotland Yard detective, who was also a fellow Freemason. (Photo: Youtube screengrab/ haNZAgod)

Find out who Jack the Stripper really was!

According to new book, boxing champ Freddie Mills told Scotland Yard detective that he murdered six women, but truth was never revealed.

04 Sep 2017 3:28 PM

Kalavati and Miriam after their marriage ceremony, dressed in traditional sarees (Photo: Youtube screengrab Pukaar News/ SWNS)

First interfaith lesbian marriage in UK makes history

Kalavati who is of Hindu descent married Miriam, Jewish, from Texas in a ceremony in Leicester.

17 Aug 2017 12:56 PM

A display to mark the 20th anniversary of the death of Britain's Diana, Princess of Wales, a box of tape cassettes near the desk where Princess Diana worked in her Sitting room at Kensington Palace, on display at Buckingham Palace in London, Thursday, July 20, 2017. (Photo: AP)

Princess Diana's personal music collection among items to go on show at palace

Many of the objects selected to feature in the display were chosen by Diana's sons Princes William and Harry.

21 Jul 2017 8:44 PM

From trash to treasure: British composer Holst's lost manuscripts found in New Zealand

The manuscripts narrowly escaped being discarded in the library clearout a few years ago

20 Jul 2017 8:37 PM

The remains of the ancestors of those who lived around the iconic prehistoric monument Stonehenge. (Photo: Pexels)

Ancient 'house of the dead' discovered in UK

The monument was first spotted by aerial photography

13 Jul 2017 3:47 PM

UK school boys protest by showing up in skirts to school. (Photo: Youtuve)

UK boys wear skirts to school to protest ban on short pants

Skirting the issue!

25 Jun 2017 3:50 PM

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