Elite obstacle course racer and double world champion Anouk Garnier set the new world record in rope climb of 110 meters (361ft) at the iconic Eiffel Tower on Wednesday 10 April. The 33-year-old French athlete’s ascent of a vertically suspended rop ...

Russ Cook, 27, truly lived up to his nickname by running a whopping 9,940 miles in 352 days

Greece’s fertility rate is one of the lowest in Europe: some villages have not recorded a single birth in years

Reduction in yields means UK will be dependent on imports for wheat in coming year and possibly beyond

Pensioners get another record income boost in April 2024

Audio shared with the New York Times appears to record executives discussing purchase of the US books giant to feed into its large language models

record-breaking hot months are stacking up. Meanwhile, British politicians continue to tie each other, and themselves, in knots

Taylor Swift fans can even get their hands on a never-released Red vinyl (contains affiliate links)

False information on cholera led to a ferry sinking off the coast of Mozambique, officials have said. President Filipe Nyusi said more than 100 people died and almost 20 are still missing after the boat sank off the northern coast. Silverio Nauaito, ...

Tens of thousands have been left stranded by extreme seasonal floods worsened by two burst dams in southern Russia

Pensioners get another record income boost in April 2024

If the anomaly does not stabilise by August, ‘the world will be in uncharted territory’, says climate expert

Last year, a near record 173,000 people migrated to New Zealand

The Trump campaign claimed it raised a record $50.5m during a fundraiser in Palm Beach, Florida on Saturday night

Pensioners get another record income boost in April 2024

Paula Vennells has been seen in public for the first time after allegations that she may have been told about a “covert operations team” that could remotely access the Horizon system and adjust branches’ accounts two years before she appeared i ...

records show T Coronae Borealis outburst occurs every 80 years or so and is expected between now and September

Net migration to New Zealand hit a near record high in 2023 after a new temporary work visa was introduced after the pandemic

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting suggested the plans could help tackle rising measles rates.

Parents and NHS would be able to monitor vaccinations and checkups through digital version of ‘red book’