Two people were still in hospital today with serious injuries after a road crash which killed one person in the early hours of Christmas day.

28-year-old took five-week holiday to create extraordinary light show on his father's home in  Melksham, Wiltshire

Here is a table giving the percentages of pupils attending good or outstanding secondary schools by local authority area in England.

How long does an ice instrument last before it melts?

Three independent candidates triumphed when the first results from elections for Police and Crime Commissioners were announced.

Voter turnout for the police commissioner elections was never expected to be high, but at some polling stations not a single vote was cast.

Voters were not given enough information about the police and crime commissioner elections, Labour claimed today as turnout was expected to be as low as 10% in some areas.

‘When people say they’re not into sightseeing, I lose respect for them’

Voters barely darkened the doors of polling stations in many parts of England and Wales today as the Government’s handling of the first elections to the post of police and crime commissioner was branded a “comedy of errors”.

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‘India seduces me every time’

Large parts of England and Wales are on flood alert today after torrential rain, snow and blizzards swept the UK over the weekend.

Joe Compton remembers little of the day he was struck by lightning outside his school gates, but he does recall one important fact: he might not have been there at all had his teacher not kept him back for detention.

Private papers from the man responsible for making sure the Titanic was safe to sail have emerged that show he demanded 50% more lifeboats but was pressurised by the White Star Line into backing down.