6+ hour, 28+ min ago   (477+ words) The search for missing crewmembers from a commercial fishing vessel that sank off the coast of Massachusetts has been suspended, the US Coast Guard has said. Seven people were reported aboard the Lily Jean when the Coast Guard received an…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (305+ words) "Exciting" ideas have been put forward by potential buyers of Brighton Pier, its chief executive has told the BBC. Anne Ackord, the Brighton Pier Group's CEO, says there have been more than 40 expressions of interest in the famous Victorian attraction....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (214+ words) Sir Ben Ainslie says a new sailing partnership between the five founding members of the America's Cup, which includes Great Britain's Athena Racing, will revamp and commercialise the event, whilst also making the competition a better event for supporters to…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (429+ words) Repairs costing "250,000 have been approved for one of Norfolk's most popular tourist attractions after councillors were warned parts of its structure were deteriorating. A structural survey found essential work was required on the Grade II-listed Cromer Pier - just three years…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (321+ words) In 1971, the publishing world was rocked by one of the biggest hoaxes in literary history " a fake autobiography of the reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes. Hughes was an aerospace engineer, film producer, record-breaking aviator and business tycoon, who'd built a $2 billion…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago   (442+ words) The government has announced a new national day "to honour and remember" victims and survivors of terrorism in the UK. The event will take place on 21 August in a different location across the country each year, with the first held…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (542+ words) Campaigners trying to save one of Wales' best-known piers want to turn its master's house in a holiday rental, with profits going towards repairs and safeguarding. The Friends of Bangor Garth Pier (FBGP) in Bangor, Gwynedd, launched a "40,000 appeal in…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (206+ words) A city centre charity shop is to close after 31 years of trading. St Barnabas Hospice confirmed its shop in Monks Road, Lincoln, would close on 14 November. Caroline Peach, the charity's head of retail, thanked volunteers, donors and customers for their…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (478+ words) Mosquitoes have been found in Iceland for the first time after the country experienced record-breaking heat this spring. Insect enthusiast Bjorn Hjaltason encountered the mosquitoes over several nights last week while using wine-soaked ropes to observe moths, local media reported....

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (743+ words) Tucked away in a secluded industrial quayside in south Wales, a "forgotten veteran" of World War Two is hiding in plain sight. If you peer across to the River Neath from the M4 at Llandarcy, you might spot LV72 Juno. Though she…...