PA MediaThe UK's last coal plant, Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station near Nottingham, ends operations on MondayThe UK is about to stop producing any electricity from burning coal - ending its ...

Getty ImagesTens of thousands of dockworkers have gone on strike indefinitely at ports across much of the US, threatening significant trade and economic disruption ahead of the presidential election ...

BBCMargaret and David Fee paid more than £5,000 for their original funeral plansMargaret and David Fee spent thousands of pounds on pre-paid funeral plans to lessen the trauma for ...

BBCBasil Smith, 103, served during World War Two but never received his medalsA 103-year-old veteran has received his medals 80 years after leaving the Royal Air Force.Basil Smith, from ...

Andrew Cooper, Butterfly ConservationThe small tortoiseshell butterfly has suffered its worst year on record in the countA wildlife charity has declared a national “butterfly emergency” after its annual Big ...

Getty ImagesThe US central bank has lowered interest rates for the first time in more than four years with a bigger than usual cut.The Federal Reserve reduced the target ...

The driver responsible for one of Australia's deadliest road incidents - a wedding bus crash which killed 10 people - has been jailed for 32 years.Twenty-five people were also ...

A metal detectorist who stole about £3m worth of Viking treasure has been sentenced to a further five years and three months in prison after failing to pay back ...

Inflation in the US continued to cool last month, official figures showed, raising confidence that the US central bank will cut interest rates next week.Consumer prices rose 2.5% over ...

The BBC's weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to serial Dutch entrepreneur Kees Koolen, whose latest company is battery ...

Kevin Church/BBCA repeating tone - blip, blip, blip - is the audible reminder that we are in one of the most hazardous nuclear sites in the world: Sellafield.That sound ...

The Royal FamilyThe Royal Family posted a photograph tribute of the late Queen from 2019The King and Queen have attended a church service near Balmoral in memory of the ...