Dame Fanny Waterman ran the Leeds International Piano Competition for more than 50 years before stepping down five years ago, saying at the time she felt ‘ready… to hand over the reins’.

A picture of a fox, taken by Roger Cox, from East London, took the top prize in the Mammal Society’s annual photography contest – while a grey seal was crowned Mammal Comedian of the Year.

The candidates — not including Mike Bloomberg, who is not on the ballot — are vying for the state's 36 pledged delegates.

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A pro-government broadcaster said Eurovision was ‘a homosexual flotilla’ and that Hungary’s mental health would be better off if it was out of the singing competition.

Philip Hammond today announced he is quitting as an MP. The four MPs trying to cling on to their seats are Dominic Grieve, Sam Gyimah, Anne Milton and Antoinette Sandbach.

Heading into Sea Otter Awareness Week, people across the country will have a say in how two rescued southern sea otter pups at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium get names. The aquarium will host a digital naming contest focused on building affinity and understanding around sea otters and inspiring voters to also make their voices heard in […]

The stunning shots all made the top 50 in Agora Images’ #Nature2019 photo contest. They were selected from 13,500 submitted from around the world.

The Conservative Party sunk to just 17 per cent in a YouGov poll immediately after Theresa May quit as leader on June 7 while the Brexit Party was riding high on 26 per cent but the Tories have recovered.

The Week contest: UFO message  The Week Magazine This week’s question: The U.S. military has begun taking numerous sightings of UFOs by its pilots seriously, and is trying to figure out whether these mysterious …