Despite the route not going to plan, Mr Stokes has been contacted by Guinness World Records, who say it could still be possible to set a new record. He said: “We were scuppered by Storm Floris, as two ...

About 2,000 firefighters are fighting the blaze, which broke out in a village in the Aude region, a rural, wooded area that is also home to wineries.

George And Mildred star Norman Eshley has died at the age of 80, his agent said. The actor and writer, who had been living with cancer, died on August 2 at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital with his wife ...

Irish president Michael D Higgins has welcomed the Princess Royal to his official residence in Dublin. Anne is visiting Aras an Uachtarain (official residence) in what has been described as “a ...