A city guide to Chicago… the new, New York.
Exploring America's 'Second City' Timeworn fast-food joints sit shoulder to shoulder with fancy, Michelin-star restaurants. The ‘L’ (an elevated metro line) chugs, like a rollercoaster, as it navigates its way through an urban forest of towering, glass-front skyscrapers. People in sharp suits stomp along pavements, rushing to everywhere and nowhere. While tourists, aboard open-top buses, snap away at anything in sight. Chicago is a proper city. Perhaps best-known, at least to some of us across the pond, for its mafia...
Ultrasounds & blood samples of world’s largest shark taken for first time
The results hold promise for finally unlocking the mystery of breeding among whale sharks
Listen – Time-waster blasted by police for dialling 999 to report he had gone 3p over at petrol station and ‘didn’t want to break into a tenner’
Nottinghamshire Police released shocking audio of the bizarre call after the customer refused to pay the extra three pence
Archaeopteryx, one of the most famous fossils ever discovered, really was the world’s first bird
A new species has been uncovered that confirms its status as the 'missing 'link' between dinosaurs and our feathered friends
Get Carta! Man arrested on suspicion of trying to steal the MAGNA CARTA
Alarms were activated at Salisbury Cathedral on Thursday afternoon after an attempt was made to smash the glass box surrounding the 1215 document with a hammer.
Ed Sheeran is putting up something rather odd for a charity auction
The six pairs of boxer shorts were donated by the pop megastar to raise money for charity St Elizabeth Hospice
Carnage left after a gang used a digger to rip out an entire Essex cashpoint
The raiders struck in the middle of the night in the Essex village of Theydon Bois.
Manchester United legend makes surprise visit to Invictus games to support wounded service personnel
The UK Team is delivered by a partnership of Help for Heroes, the Ministry of Defence and
Watch – Homeless charity boss says she wouldn’t get Lottery cash – unless stopped publicly criticising Universal Credit & Government
A homeless charity boss says she was told she wouldn't get Lottery cash - unless she stopped publicly criticising Universal Credit and the Government. Outspoken CEO Ellie Waugh, 53, applied for £130,000 from the Big Lottery Fund for charity Humanity Torbay. But she claims an official who came to assess the application then tried to ''gag'' her. Ellie makes YouTube videos and regularly publicly comments about homelessness and the impacts of the controversial new benefits. She claims the assessor said...