Mick Lynch, head of the country's largest railway union, has announced his retirement. He became general secretary of the ...

Photographers have captured dramatic scenes across the city as firefighters continue to work to control the blazes, which ...

Here are some of the most striking images of places seen before and after the wildfires tore through them. This affluent ...

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia is closely monitoring the situation, after US President-elect Donald Trump ...

All five living US presidents gathered at the funeral of Jimmy Carter in Washington DC. When Trump entered, he shook hands with his former Vice-President Mike Pence. The two men have had strained ...

Strong winds fuelled a massive fire in southern California, flattening homes, overtaking roads and and forcing at least 30,000 to evacuate. The fire in Pacific Palisades exploded from 10 acres to more ...

A teenager has recreated the Venus de Milo out of snow in her back garden. Emily Bates, 17, sculpted the frozen goddess in ...

David Acuna tells the BBC there has been "zero progress" in containing the fires because of high winds and dry conditions.

What is probably the world's oldest ice, dating back 1.2m years ago, has been dug out from deep within Antarctica.

Commuters are being warned of icy roads and travel disruption, as temperatures plummeted again overnight across the UK. Fresh ...

The drop came as UK 10-year borrowing costs surged to their highest level since the 2008 financial crisis when bank borrowing ...

A major route connecting the Isle of Man's capital with the north of the island is set to remain shut after fresh snow fell ...