14+ hour, 4+ min ago   (433+ words) The Grenadier Guards have been awarded the Freedom of the Town of Newmarket at a special parade and event. A march of the Nijmegen Company and Band took place on the Suffolk town's High Street, followed by a military inspection…...

17+ hour, 17+ min ago   (394+ words) Routes used by generations of workers travelling to and from historic shipyards are being celebrated with a special trail. The new Shipyard Trail gives visitors the chance to follow the routes between Bideford and Appledore yards in north Devon and…...

21+ hour, 11+ min ago   (430+ words) Fire crews from across Merseyside will pay tribute to the 343 firefighters who died in the 9/11 attacks in a fundraising event later. Teams of firefighters will climb St Johns Beacon in Liverpool 343 times to raise money for firefighter charities in the…...

22+ hour, 8+ min ago   (604+ words) "It's really humbling just to be there and think of all those huge decisions being made, but then you've got the reality of the people participating on the front lines losing their lives." The fate of the world hinged on…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (611+ words) A parade and ceremony has honoured a Cornish hero who died saving thousands of lives during the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks in New York 25 years ago. Rick Rescorla was head of security for Morgan Stanley and was working in the…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (440+ words) A city centre siren which went off daily at lunchtime for more than 150 years has sounded for the final time. The 13:00 time signal at HL Brown jewellers and watchmakers, on the corner of Barker's Pool and Leopold Street in Sheffield,…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (307+ words) Work has started on repairs to a medieval Worcestershire bridge, more than two-and-a-half years after it suffered a partial collapse. Powick Old Bridge in Worcester has been closed since parts of it were washed away in floods in January 2024. Worcestershire…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (905+ words) One of Oxford's oldest traditions has returned to the city centre this week - marking the start of a busy season of fairs across the county. St Giles' Fair, which takes over St Giles and Magdalen Street every September, is running…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (303+ words) In 1985, reports of a moving statue of the Virgin Mary drew thousands of people to the village of Ballinspittle in County Cork, Ireland. Helen Ledwick speaks to Ita Dungan, who travelled there as a teenager and remembers the crowds gathering…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (291+ words) A repair plan has been drawn up for a category A-listed town hall in southern Scotland after reports of "chunks of masonry" falling from the building. A conservation report on Lockerbie Town Hall warned it could be "quite dangerous" until…...