The Newcomen engine was the first commercially viable machine to be fuelled by steam. It was an innovation that changed the world - designed to pump water out of coal mines, which enabled miners to go ...

Plans for a Leicestershire clothing factory to be converted into homes have been withdrawn amid concerns from the public. Developers had insisted the proposal would have no impact on road safety or ...

A study of 2,000 adults found that birthday dinners and takeaway evenings were among the social occasions people struggled to ...