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Researchers find the majority of stars in the halo of the Milky Way closer to the Sun have ages ranging up to 10 billion years old.

Harsha Jayasakera, 38, was knocked unconscious and just missed a live rail before being hauled to safety before a train arrived.

India’s space agency says it has launched an unmanned spacecraft to the far side of the moon, a week after aborting the mission due to a technical problem. Scientists at the mission control centre in Sriharikota, off the Bay of Bengal, burst into applause as the rocket lifted off in clear weather as scheduled at 2.43pm local time (10.13 BST) Monday. Chandrayaan, the Sanskrit word for mooncraft, is designed to land on the lunar south pole in September and send a...

The youngster is believed to be less than a year old and may have had the 'sea litter' wrapped around her for up to six months

William Darling, 14, decided to undertake the challenge after discovering 65 bits of rubbish in less than an one-mile stretch of the Norfolk Broads

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been kept in solitary confinement and chained to hospital bed, according to her husband Richard Ratcliffe.

It comes as June 2019 became the hottest June on record for the globe and the second month in a row that balmy temperatures caused Antarctic sea ice coverage to reach a record low.

“There is no doubt that the size of the Navy since 2005 – reduced from 31 frigates and destroyers to now 19 – has had an impact on our ability to protect our interests around the globe.”

The Dover MP will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in September