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  • The effects of the 2010 Pakistan floods. Image: ShelterBox.

    ShelterBox sends response team to Pakistan

    Emergency specialists on the ground within a week More than 30 million people are currently affected by the devastating floods which have hit Pakistan in...3 min

  • Notre Dame on Fire (12A) is on general release in the UK. Trailer / stills supplied courtesy of Pathe Productions.

    Notre Dame On Fire (12A): a fateful day in 2019

    Archive footage and dramatic reconstructions A stunning film, directed by internationally acclaimed French director Jean-Jacques Annaud is amazing audiences around the world in its powerful...4 min

  • Spider crab mass gathering. Image: Katie Maggs (provided by Cornwall Wildlife Trust).

    Spectacular spider crabs sighted in Cornish shores

    Thousands of migrating crabs Tourists and locals are recounting the incredible sight of seeing thousands of spectacular, but harmless, spider crabs off the Cornish shores...3 min

  • Buzz Aldrin's Flown Inflight Coverall Jacket. Image provided by Sotherby's (New York).

    Record-Breaking £6.7 million space auction

    Landmark auction held at New York’s Sotherby’s  The jacket worn during mankind’s first mission to the moon has just sold for more than £2 million. ...4 min

  • Celebrity chef Michael Caines and the team at Lympstone Manor are thrilled to have won Best Hotel in the Food Reader Awards 2022. 

    Lympstone Manor wins top accolade

    A future built on reputation Celebrity chef Michael Caines and the team at Lympstone Manor are thrilled to have won Best Hotel in the Food...3 min

  • Inel Tomlinson hosts the 2022 BAFTA Young Game Designer Awards, Thursday 30th June 2022. Image: BAFTA.

    BAFTA winners announced for Young Game Designers

    Actor, comedian and presenter Inel Tomlinson hosts special digital ceremony. Puzzle games, alien eggs and carrier pigeons were the winning concepts for a spectacular array...3 min

  • Edvard Munch, (1863-1944), Children Playing in the Street in Asgardstrand, 1901 – 1903, KODE Art Museums, Bergen, Norway. Image provided by The Courtauld.

    Munch paintings in first UK showing

    Courtauld hosts important collection One of the most important collections of paintings by Edvard Munch is now on display in the UK for the first...8 min

  • Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales at the unveiling of the Windrush Monument. Image: Department for Levelling Up.

    National Windrush monument unveiled

    Royal Family watch unveiling Members of the Windrush generation joined HRH Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at London Waterloo Station to witness the unveiling of...6 min

  • Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Image: Richie Chan / Shutterstock.

    Africa Fashion at London’s V&A

    Landmark exhibition highlights creativity Africa Fashion is a landmark exhibition celebrating the irresistible creativity, ingenuity and unstoppable global impact of contemporary African fashions.  The exhibition...14 min

  • A time of love. Image: Piterek / Shutterstock.

    Navigating pregnancy as a LGBT+ person

    Positive Birth Company launches free workshop  Parenting Brand of the Year 2022 ‘The Positive Birth Company‘ has released a free workshop which is focused on...2 min

  • Sharon Sexton as Sloane in Bat Out of Hell – The Musical. Image: Chris Davis Studio.

    ‘Bat Out of Hell’ opening at TRP

    Meat Loaf’s Greatest Hits The award-winning Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical, featuring Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf’s greatest hits is opening at Theatre...4 min

  • 'Living and working in the southwest means we should be optimistic.' Image: Fahroni / Shutterstock.

    Thrive: Helping businesses grow

    Entrepreneurs: the British spirit of discovery A quick online search can often bring up some incredible statistics. Did you know that 80 new UK businesses...5 min

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