Back in 1902, a newly formed heritage charity called the National Trust acquired its first Welsh building: a Georgian landmark outside the border town of Monmouth, known as the Kymin Roundhouse. Perched on a hilltop, with views over the Wye Valley and Forest of Dean, the castellated tower and nearby …...Read More

Advertisement They’ve been busy settling into their new Santa Barbara mansion, but yesterday Prince Harry and Meghan carried out their first charity engagement since lockdown. The couple were photographed distributing clothing, nappies and other supplies to families in need on behalf of a Los Angeles charity called Baby2Baby. It comes …...Read More

On Aug. 17, a banner floated in the blue sky above Ocean Grove, N.J., with a call to arms: “JOIN THE BATTLE — BEAT THE BUG.” A large picture showed an insect with crimson and Dalmatian-spotted wings outspread. The spotted lanternfly, New England’s pest à la mode, was back. A …...Read More

Two of Larry King’s five children have died in the past month, his granddaughter told DailyMail.com. The legendary chat show host suffered the terrible double tragedy just months after barely surviving a stroke and weeks-long coma himself last year. King’s son Andy, 65, died suddenly on July 28 from what …...Read More

The Port of Beirut has re-opened for aid shipments over three weeks after a haul of abandoned ammonium nitrate in storage blew up a warehouse causing a cataclysmic explosion that killed 171 people. In aerial photographs released today, aid ships can be seen moored off Beirut's flattened port. The blast, …...Read More

An infamous Chicago-born mobster whose exploits in Las Vegas in the 1970s inspired the film Casino has died of coronavirus and other complications, aged 81. Frank Cullotta in his later years gloried in his past, running his own YouTube channel and organizing both a 'Vegas Mob Tour' and a Casino …...Read More

This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here. Nina Popova was a celebrated ballet dancer who escaped the Bolsheviks in Russia and the Nazis in Paris. It was the coronavirus that ultimately caught up to her. She died …...Read More

Ancient Mars is believed to have had planetwide storms that filled lakes and rivers with rainfall on the planet – sometimes enough to flood the surface. Using satellite images and topography, the team looked at the catchment and watersheds of Martian 'paleolakes' to quantify how much precipitation filled lake beds …...Read More

Dermot O'Leary has revealed that his wedding ring was stolen from a gym. The television and radio presenter shared a police appeal on Twitter to find the alleged thief. The ring was stolen along with a bag and a gold crucifix from a gym in central London. O'Leary tweeted: 'Sadly …...Read More

LOS ANGELES — “Some people go to the gym. Some people go to church,” Megan Colligan, the president of Imax Entertainment, said at a news conference on Friday to mark the reopening of theaters in much of the United States. “And some people really do need to go to the …...Read More