Scotland Yard, established in 1829, replaced a patchwork system of parish constables and night watchmen with the world’s first professional and centrally organized police force. Officers were ...

Thus a yew in the church-yard of Brabourne, in Kent,.has,it is believed, reached the enormous age of 3,000 years; another at Fortingal, in Scotland ... which in 1829 measured 120 feet in hight ...

He bought the tracts including the Glen and Yellow Spring, for $6,135, and by 1829 was advertising his auspicious “water ... stocked only practical necessities such as yard goods, powder and lead for ...

Few hotels in London can claim a past quite as colourful as the Great Scotland Yard Hotel. Once the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police and the backdrop to some of Britain’s most notorious ...

The banks of Loch Long at Arrochar are strewn with plastics from the River Clyde At the head of beautiful Loch Long in Argyll sits one of Scotland's biggest plastic problems. A combination of ...

Gusts of up to 90mph hour are expected on Friday A weather warning for high winds has been upgraded from yellow to amber for large parts of Scotland on Friday. Gusts of up to 90mph are expected ...

In the first quarter of the Philadelphia Eagles' divisional round matchup against the Los Angeles Rams, Barkley broke away for a 62-yard touchdown run. On third-and-4 from Philly's 38-yard line ...

A weather warning for high winds has been upgraded from yellow to amber for large parts of Scotland on Friday. Gusts of up to 90mph are expected during the first named storm of 2025. Storm Eowyn ...

Gusts of up to 90mph could batter Scotland on Friday and Saturday during the first named storm of 2025. Storm Eowyn - pronounced "ay-oh-win" - is expected to bring widespread disruption and could ...

Saquon Barkley knew who was chasing him down, and decided to rub it in. The former Giants running back broke off a 62-yard touchdown run late in the first quarter of Sunday’s divisional round ...

It is more than a week since Andrew Searle called in to the shop near his home in rural France for the very last time. Chatting in French to shopkeeper Isabelle Palazy with a breezy familiarity ...

Hoisted high atop Edinburgh, as if monitoring the city below, Edinburgh Castle is not only one of Scotland's most recognized landmarks, but one of the country's most-visited attractions.