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Lecturer and social historian whose books on witchcraft transformed the study of the subject In the mid-1990s the historian James Sharpe, who has died aged 77, wrote Instruments of Darkness, a book on witch-hunting in En...

Laurence Fox has responded after his ex-wife Billie Piper claimed co-parenting two children with the actor had come with "enormous difficulty".

New scrutiny of planemaker's 787 Dreamliner over terrifying drop adds to safety crisis after cabin panel blowout on 737 Max 9 jet Another Boeing jet is facing scrutiny after the planemaker reportedly told airlines to che...

The presenter will replace Martha Kearney, who recently said she would step down after the election.

Floral designers are finding drama in tall, statuesque compositions.

Coach John Wooden's triumphant era as coach of the Bruins was capped by the emergence of future NBA stars Bill Walton and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Mo Yan is widely celebrated in China but now faces a lawsuit accusing him of smearing the Communist party amid an increasingly febrile atmosphere online At first glance, a Nobel prize winning author, a bottle of green te...

Stephen Shrimpton, 40, and student Jessica Baker, 15, died when the coach he was driving crashed in September last year The driver of a school bus that crashed on a Merseyside motorway last year died of natural causes, a...

The winners of the annual British Wildlife Photography awards have been announced, with the winner - an image of invasive goose barnacles hitching a lift across the ocean on a discarded football - chosen from more than 1...

Five English clubs left in Europe and only three from Germany West Ham's 5-0 defeat of Freiburg helped boost coefficient score English clubs are set to clinch a fifth Champions League spot next season, with Uefa analysis...

Just because a panel of scientists has rejected calls to classify a new global epoch does not mean it hasn't already begun

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Politicians should be able to differ in their views without their opponents wishing them dead. Can parliament unite around that principle? Before the 30-year-old MP Zarah Sultana walks into any public meeting, she pauses...

Click to expand Image Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov addresses a Summit of the Intergovernmental Council of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, December 9, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Vladimir Voron...

Exclusive: Second round of 'ping pong' between Lords and Commons no longer scheduled before recess UK politics - latest updates The passage of the government's Rwanda deportation bill could be delayed until after Easter ...

A senior Israeli official says the United States has begun slow-walking some military aid to Israel -- an assertion senior U.S. officials denied was the case.

The international effort to provide Palestinians with essentials during wartime has become a Gordian knot of logistics

New England officials ask residents to take precautions as black bears emerge from their dens looking for food. The post Wildife officials warn: Black bears are coming out of hibernation appeared first on Boston.com.

Shell, Eni and more in the latest Market Talks covering Energy and Utilities.

Severe storms with probable tornadoes tore through central U.S. states, damaging homes and businesses and killing at least three people.

The Hamas terror group has proposed a new cease-fire plan that includes swapping Palestinian prisoners for hostages in Gaza, according to a report.

Former James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan has been fined after pleading guilty to stepping off a trail in a thermal area in Yellowstone National Park.