Scarborough and Whitby MP, Alison Hume, has urged the government to consider allowing more open access rail operators to run services to and from the Yorkshire Coast ...

She had recently married her beloved husband Albert and was pregnant with her first child, the future Princess Victoria. Little did the young Queen Victoria know when she woke up on the morning of 9 ...

A jury has convened in London for an ancient ceremony to certify that British coins meet the strictest of standards ...

Wicksteed Park, located in Kettering, Northamptonshire, has been the go-to place for fun for over 100 years - yet is known by ...

Queen Victoria’s marriage to Prince Albert popularized white wedding dresses. Later, her mourning of his passing cemented the ...

A six-bedroom mansion in the upmarket London neighbourhood of Mayfair where exiled French emperor Napoleon III was entertained in the mid 19th century is up for sale. The grand five-storey Georgian ...

Ye Olde Swiss Cottage pub, in Finchley Road, served its last pints on February 1 after owner the Sam Smith Old Brewery Company called time. Here we take a look at what we know about the history of the ...

"The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation remains one of the companies under the HSBC Group brand. That company is ...

A historic old pub, which gave Swiss Cottage station its name, has shut dealing another blow to London ’s pub scene. Ye Olde ...

The Spinoff presents a simplified transcript of the speeches at the treaty signings in Waitangi, Hokianga and Kaitāia.

Through Peter Greatorex. 5. The 1840 St George’s Gardens, Tooting, London SW17, £885,000 A roof lantern makes the most of ...

Team India have managed to restrict the England cricket team to a total of 132 runs in the first T20I at the Kolkata’s Eden Gardens. While Varun Chakravarthy claimed three wickets for the Men in Blue, ...