At a number of homes over the years, children will have enjoyed spotting a small carved mouse on the table leg, another mouse ...

Knowsley Hall in Lancashire
was returned from institutional use in the 1990s to become the seat of the Earl and Countess of Derby. John Martin Robinson reports on progress to one of the most ambitious ...

Rare pieces by Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson will go under the hammer Anderson & Garland after being found in a period ...

The stabbing of a teenager on Halloween should be “a wake-up call,” a councillor has said. It comes after an 18-year-old was seriously injured when he was stabbed in the belly in Shorts Road ...

The National Farmers’ Union outlined plans for a mass rally outside Parliament in Westminster on November 19 after Rachel Reeves revoked farmland’s exemption from death duties. According to ...

“At a basic level, we all connect with water; we find it incredibly calming to be in and around,” says Richard Land, Therme Group UK’s chief development officer. “Whether it’s children playing or ...

The Wildlife Trusts and the Northumberland Wildlife Trust have reached an agreement to purchase the 3,800ha Rothbury Estate in Northumberland, marking it as England’s largest single land ...

A tree in the Scottish Highlands known as the Skipinnish Oak has been named UK Tree of the Year. Native woodland experts had no idea the tree existed until a gathering in 2009. It is thought to be ...

A centuries-old tree in the Scottish Highlands named after a popular ceilidh band has won this year's UK Tree of the Year. The Skipinnish Oak, which the Woodland Trust believes is more than 400 ...

As part of this afternoon’s Autumn Budget announcement, the UK Chancellor, Rachel Reeves has confirmed that the HS2 connection from Old Oak Common to Euston will go ahead. This commitment comes on the ...