The Government has stepped in to stop US singer Kelly Clarkson taking a gold and turquoise ring once owned by Jane Austen out of the country.

A black and white Greek movie from the 60s may have been an unusual way to launch Greece's new “Public Television” channel — but with most of the staff from the former public broadcaster still on strike, it was the best they could do.

The 17th-century Hôtel Lambert burns just as renovations finish for billionaire Qatari owner

'El Paraiso' was one of the oldest structures in the Americas

Creation of 22 "super-connected" cities stutters after legal objection from telecoms

Dundee, Hull, Leicester and Swansea Bay have been named as the four cities left in the running to become the UK’s next City Of Culture. They are competing to receive the title for 2017, following this year’s chosen city, Londonderry.

The historic aircraft was shot down 72 years ago during the Battle of Britain

Male statues had their genitalia covered with black cloths by authorities

Gangs of young pickpockets forced the closure of the Louvre museum in Paris today.

A “devastated” President François Hollande has announced a series of actions to clean up French public life in the wake of the Jérôme Cahuzac tax evasion scandal.

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A sound not heard since the late 18th century pealed tunefully, and movingly, over central Paris at the weekend.

TV production companies have hailed George Osborne’s decision to give almost £200 million of tax breaks to high-end drama by 2018.

After Danny Nightingale case, details emerge of high-grade hardware brought home as souvenirs