The more customers who sign up for a free planter, the more prizes will be won, with a maximum of five people getting the chance to win money off their water bill. A spokesman for United Utilities ...

GUARDIAN Camera Club members have been getting up close with insects for the latest photo challenge. There were plenty of butterflies and bees, damselflies and dragonflies.

A THRILLING driving experience is being offered to children to help save a popular nature reserve. Kids can get behind the wheel of mini Land Rovers and explore woodland at Lower Moss Nature Reserve ...

Heavy rain has triggered landslides and floods in a northern region of Japan, leaving one person dead and several missing. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the highest level of alert for heavy ...

A legal team representing alleged victims confirmed on Saturday morning that they have ‘had over 150 new enquiries’.

Some 700 paratroopers took part in the jump, including the Red Devils, the British Army’s freefall parachute display team. The event commemorates the anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem, part of ...

Meliesha Jones was dealing with a customer complaint with a colleague when she pressed reply instead of forward on an email.

Thousands of beer lovers have descended on Munich for the start of the world’s largest folk festival. Mayor Dieter Reiter officially started the 189th Oktoberfest at noon on Saturday when he inserted ...

A lost cat has been reunited with his owners after an incredible 900-mile journey across the US. Rayne Beau — pronounced ...

Sir Mick Jagger has said he is “so sad” at the death of Cleo Sylvestre, “the first female vocalist to sing with the Stones”. Sylvestre, also known as Cleopatra Palmer, who had been a feature of film, ...

A tornado has been been described as “terrifying” as it swept through Aldershot causing damage to properties and felling trees. No-one was hurt in the weather event in the Hampshire town which ...

The death toll from an Israeli air strike on a Beirut suburb has risen to 31, including seven women and three children, ...