Britain's 70 billion-pound pub industry has fallen on hard times. But the industry is fighting back, thanks in part to investors like Noah Bulkin.

Airbus Group delivered a final flurry of jet orders to see off the challenge from Boeing at the Farnborough Air Show, with a tally of purchases and commitments worth $75b.

Sky News political reporter Adam Boulton showed ultimate professionalism after swallowing a fly live on air.

BBC wildlife presenter Chris Packham says it's good for kids to get "stung, slimed, slithered on and scratched."

Charles Bronson, Britain's most violent prisoner, has reportedly been transferred back to the UK's toughest jail after he covered himself in butter and fought 12 wardens.

The BBC explains why it won't investigate Rolf Harris's career at the corporation.

Australia is forecast to be among the fastest-growing economies this year, making it harder for the central bank to convince currency investors it won't raise interest rates.

When England take their leave of major tournaments, the photographs are invariably of footballers on their haunches or on the turf coming to terms with their distress.

Last year it was carefree, a fortnight ago it was careless. Tonight England need to see the real Danny Care.

"Sea," said King Canute, the 11th-century Danish King of England, "I command you to come no further!"

Old Colstonians RFC is an amateur rugby club based in Bristol, in the southwest of England, a club without a Wikipedia page and the owners of a Twitter account boasting a modest 207 followers.

One baby has died and 14 others are fighting for their lives after being poisoned in NHS neonatal care units in the UK.

Bruce Holmes traces the gruesome footsteps of London's most notorious serial killer, Jack the Ripper.

A "witch doctor" who conned vulnerable people into giving her £1m to pay for spiritual cures for their serious health problems is facing a substantial jail term.

A mobile scanner designed to spot a 3D-printed plastic pistol hidden under a gunman's clothing is to be used in Brazil after threats by organised criminals to disrupt the World Cup.

Dame Jane Goodall, the celebrated ethologist considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, will give a series of public talks in New Zealand next month.

British politician George Osborne's cat Freya was chauffeur-driven back to her Downing Street home after being found more than a kilometre away.

An Australian woman says she stopped eating and became a 'shell' of her former self after Rolf Harris assaulted her at a London pub.

Circles in the sky have become a hip way to view a city, so prepare your cabin for 'flight', says Peter Hamling.

Jane Luscombe reacquaints herself with some old haunts.

The National Health Service is to recruit scores of trainee doctors from India and waive normal competency tests to try to plug staff shortages in A&E departments.

London's Gherkin building has entered receivership and will probably be sold after the loan appreciated by 60 per cent and the co-owners defaulted several times over the past five years.

A mother appeared in court today charged with the murder of three young disabled children.

A mother who provided round-the-clock care for her three severely disabled children was last night being questioned on suspicion of murdering them while they were alone together at their home.

Daniel Scott revisits the Wimbledon Common pubs he frequented in his youth.

A New Zealand accountant who conned his wealthy London neighbours out of $2.2 million has been jailed for eight years in the UK.

Some British teachers are taking food to give their pupils breakfast every day because they are too hungry and exhausted to learn, says a new report.

Andrew Alderson finds himself drawn to an unusual museum.