Year: 2024

A cycling race has been forced to change its route due to the default 20mph speed limit in Wales. 

A burglar who was hit over the head with a glass bottle when he broke into a pensioner's house has been jailed for two years. 

The largest diamond found in 119 years has been unearthed in a mine in Botswana. 

A gooey gel made by scientists can play the video game Pong and gets better over time as it learns, new research has shown. 

Magistrates have been told to consider pushing back the sentencing of criminals because of concerns about overcrowding in prisons. 

At least 14 people have been killed after a bus carrying dozens of pilgrims from India came off a major road in central Nepal, officials said. 

Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for president and laid out her election pitch to millions of voters at the party's national convention. 

The family of Elsie Dot Stancombe, who died in the Southport attack, have released a new photo as they prepare for her funeral this morning. 

A person in Thailand has been diagnosed with a deadlier new mpox variant – just the second confirmed case of the strain outside Africa. 

Kamala Harris has set out her plan to defeat Donald Trump and keep the Democrats in the White House for another four years.