Japan is paying tribute to more than three million war dead as the country marks its surrender 80 years ago, ending the Second World War, as concern grows about rapidly fading memories of the tragedy ...

The monarch released an audio message on the 80th anniversary of VJ Day in which he vowed those who fought for the allies will never be forgotten.

Charles reflected on the horrors experienced by prisoners of war and the impact of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The negotiations at the UN hub were supposed to be the last round and produce the first legally binding treaty on plastic pollution.

Campaigners staged a protest to prevent Heath Barn, a Grade-II listed 16th century building in Boxmoor, being broken up into flats.

Former Geordie Shore star Vicky Pattison and Neighbours actor Stefan Dennis were also confirmed as contestants on the BBC ...

Paulo Pezzolano needs time to get his team functioning but Baah can provide him with match-winning moments in the short term.

Wayne Rooney hit back at NFL star Tom Brady after his public criticism of the former England international’s work ethic at Birmingham. There has been plenty of movement in the transfer window with ...

Dame Vera Lynn’s audition records are to be released for the first time, 90 years after they were first recorded.

Take Five to Stop Fraud has partnered with BBC Gardeners’ World’s Rachel de Thame and the National Allotment Society to launch a new awareness drive called “protect your patch”.

The highlight of the left-hander’s day came when he holed a 66-foot effort for birdie at the 13th to spark a spectacular finish.

Albert Lamond, 99, helped evacuate Allied prisoners of war from remote islands in the Pacific after Japan’s surrender.