Alien life may be thriving in a warm, underground ocean on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus, according to new research. Scientists say tidal forces could have kept the subterranean sea liquid for billions of years - enough time for organisms to have developed. The mysterious world has a very fragmented and...
Bursting with colour in the night, these aren't fireworks but aurora lighting up the northern skies. These amazing pictures of the northern lights were taken by astrophotographer Juan Carlos Casado in Greenland, Iceland and Finland. He said: "Auroras are one of the most spectacular natural phenomena that can be seen....
A 23-year-old man who killed a granddad suffering from Parkinson's disease with a single punch will not face any charges - after he claimed self-defence. Tragic Graham Hollis, 68, died after he was hit by a man following an argument in a pub car park. Mr Hollis, who had two...
Police made only 25 arrests as protesters wearing Guy Fawkes masks marched through London in an anti-capitalist Bonfire Night demonstration on Sunday evening. Demonstrators chanted slogans and let off fireworks around Trafalgar Square and Downing Street, but otherwise there was little trouble, due to a huge police operation. See image...
Disgraced MP Michael Fallon has made his first public appearance since his resignation as Defence Secretary, amid allegations of sexual misconduct among MPs. He earlier admitted touching a female journalist’s knee and has since denied making lewd comments to colleague Andrea Leadsom. The former Defence Secretary quit his job earlier...
The British Council, whose patron is the Queen, were within their rights to sack a senior worker who described Prince George as the "face of white privilege" on a Facebook post, a tribunal has ruled. Angela Gibbins, 53, was given her marching orders after the "distasteful and personal attack" on...
This shocking photograph shows patients waiting on trolleys in a cramped hospital corridor - just months after three people died after delays in treatment. The snap shows three trolleys stacked up against the wall at scandal-hit Worcestershire Royal Hospital which visitors claim is "bursting at the seams". The picture, taken...
A third species of orangutan has been recognised - but less than a thousand are still alive, warns new research. Previously only two species of orangutans were identified – the Bornean and the Sumatran orangutan. Now, researchers have described a new great ape species, the Tapanuli orangutan. But it is...
An OAP was left with a two-inch gash on his face after being attacked by menacing seagulls in a seaside town - which stole his £1 STEAK PIE. Samuel Spencer, 81, was set upon by the vicious flock of at least three birds who left him 'bleeding like a pig'...