Toulouse is showing the rest of Europe how it can clean up its cities and go green, writes Peter Bills.

Peter Bills is captivated by a cyclist's paradise in the south of France.

Whether it's the boss or the bureaucrats, the answer's the same: mind your own business.

Head directly west of Siena's glorious main square and you're in a district of rhinos.

Customers of fast food restaurants could be offered a free statin to mitigate the meal's damaging effects on the heart, a doctor suggests.

A 1960s-designed confluence of Tarmac, roundabouts and Brutalist architecture has won the Carbuncle Cup for Britain's ugliest new building.

Experts have been warning for more than a week that the fires that have blanketed much of western Russia in thick smoke could stir nuclear debris.

Brits shouldn't be offended if visiting Aussies or Kiwis make jokes about "Poms", according to new UK tourism cultural tips.

Jim Eagles travels a well worn path through a historic landscape and finds plenty of remnants from its fascinating past still in place.

Many countries are moving ahead with smart-grid technology, but New Zealand is lagging a little way behind.

Case study: Denmark

According to some estimates, one in five Chechen marriages begins when a girl is snatched off the street and forced into a car by her future groom.