FRACKING TO BEGIN IN EARNEST IN 2018 AFTER TOUGH YEAR FOR INDUSTRY

Cuadrilla in Lancashire and Third Energy in North Yorkshire are vying to be the first company since 2011 to frack in the UK... READ MORE›

DERAILED AMTRAK TRAIN WAS TRAVELLING 80 KM/H OVER SPEED LIMIT

An Amtrak train struck a backhoe tractor on railroad tracks in Chester, Penn., killing two maintenance workers and injuring 41... READ MORE›

PASSENGER TRAIN ON NEW ROUTE DERAILS IN WASHINGTON STATE, KILLING AT L

Thirteen of the train's 14 cars jumped the tracks near the town of DuPont, Washington State Patrol spokeswoman Brooke Bova said... READ MORE›

CHENNAI SIX FOUND NOT GUILTY, SAY 'DELIGHTED' FAMILIES

Joanne Thomlinson, whose brother John Armstrong was among the group, said she was delighted by the appeal court decision... READ MORE›

AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS: U.S. MUSICIANS UNITE IN WAKE OF TUMULTUOUS YEAR

Like Mars, Keith Urban also won multiple awards, including favourite country album, country male artist and country song... READ MORE›

CHESTER ZOO SUCCESSFULLY BREEDS RARE CATALAN NEWT

The critically endangered species, also known as the wild Montseny newt, is from the Montseny mountain range in north-eastern Catalonia, about 60 miles 100km north of Barcelona... READ MORE›

A SUBURBAN TIDE AGAINST TRUMP COULD SINK HIS ELECTION BID

In Chester County, outside Philadelphia, college-educated white voters lean away from Donald Trump... READ MORE›

THE LUXURIOUS, 45-ACRE COMPOUND IN MARYLAND IS BEING SHUT DOWN FOR ALLEGED RUSSIAN ESPIONAGE

It is also declaring 35 Russians persona non grata for their alleged role in intelligence operations... READ MORE›

PILOT KEVIN WHYMAN KILLED IN CARFEST CRASH IN CHESHIRE

Kevin Whyman 39 was flying a Folland Gnat aircraft that came down near the event at Oulton Park at about 14 00 BST... READ MORE›

EDUCATED WOMEN POSE BIG PROBLEM FOR DONALD TRUMP IN KEY SUBURBS

Educated women pose big problem for Donald Trump in key suburbs... READ MORE›

CATACLYSMS FROM THE NORTH POLE TO SOUTH AMERICA

Is one factor, human-caused climate change and global warming is another... READ MORE›

TRASH PILES YIELD TREASURE AS SIFTERS SEEK SOOTY COINS IN ASHES

There's a Covanta Holding Corp. incinerator outside Philadelphia that produces electricity from burning garbage. It also produces something else stacks and stacks of blackened, sooty coins... READ MORE›

THE F-WORD IS EVEN OLDER THAN YOU THINK

The Oxford English Dictionary suggests that the "first definite evidence for the word, then, comes from a manuscript in Oxford (MS Brasenose College, Oxford VII), dated 1528."... READ MORE›

It seems to me if tear gas or pepper spray has been fired into groups that include children then that is a totally disproportionate response... READ MORE›

HOW I WON THE HOUSING MARKET (WITHOUT TRYING)

Expand The flat in Crouch End, north London that Linda Grant bought for 92,000 in 1994 and sold for 660,000 last year... READ MORE›

MAY FACES BRITISH VOTERS CHANGED BY A VOLATILE YEAR

The Scottish National Party, behind Nicola Sturgeon, practically swept the board in 2015, winning 56 of 59 seats and destroying Labour in Scotland, which once was a Labour fief... READ MORE›

US WOMAN ADOPTS DYING DOG SO HIS FINAL DAYS ARE FULL OF HAPPINESS

In her latest Facebook post, Ms Elliot wrote that Chester had to visit the vet... READ MORE›

WHO IS NEW DUKE OF WESTMINSTER? HUGH GROSVENORA IS 25-YEAR-OLD GODFATHER TO PRINCE GEORGE

Hugh GrosvenorA is 25-year-old godfather to Prince George Hugh Grosvenor is the 7th Duke of Westminster... READ MORE›

BENIDORM MAKES UNLIKELY BID FOR UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE STATUS

But that could be about to change if Benidorm is successful in its bid to join the others and become a Unesco World Heritage site... READ MORE›

LIBBY LANE: PROFILE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLANDS FIRST FEMALE BISHOP

Lane was born in Glossop, Derbyshire and educated at Manchester High School for Girls and St Peter's College, Oxford... READ MORE›

VIGIL MARKS A WEEK SINCE MANCHESTER TERROR ATTACK CLAIMED 22 LIVESA

It came as anti-terror police appealed for information about a blue suitcase Abedi was carrying on the day of the deadly Manchester bombing... READ MORE›

HOW TRUMP BANKRUPTED ATLANTIC CITY CASINOS, BUT STILL MADE MILLIONS

Donald Trump boasts of the success of his Atlantic City, N.J., casinos, but regulatory reviews, court records and security filings indicate something other than success... READ MORE›

DREW PETERSON FOUND GUILTY IN PRISON MURDER-FOR-HIRE SCHEME

Peterson, a 62-year-old former suburban Chicago cop, is the lone suspect in the disappearance of Stacy Peterson, his fourth wife... READ MORE›

CORBYN BLAMES 'DOWNING STREET, NOT BRUSSELS' IN PRO-EU PUSH

So we are saying with one voice make sure Britain is stronger, safer and better off - and vote to remain in a reformed European Union... READ MORE›

BRITISH SAILORS GIVEN INDIA JAIL TIME FOR WEAPONS CHARGES ON ANTI-PIRACY MISSION

The five-year terms for the former servicemen were imposed two months after David Cameron wrote to Narendra Modi, Indian prime minister, to urge their release... READ MORE›

DAVID CAMERON SAYS EU REFERENDUM IS 'BIGGER THAN PARTY POLITICS' AS HE WARNS BREXIT COULD LEAD BACK TO RECESSION

David Cameron says EU referendum is 'bigger than party politics' as he warns Brexit could lead back to recession... READ MORE›

BRUSSELS ATTACKS: SECURITY SCANNERS 'COULD BE INSTALLED AT AIRPORT ENTRANCES' IN WAKE OF BOMB TERROR

They also carried out a suicide bombing at a Brussels metro station, leading to further casualties... READ MORE›

DEADLY DERAILMENT HITS TRAIN SERVICES IN US NORTHEAST

At least five people were killed in May last year when an Amtrak train derailed in the Frankfort section of Philadelphia... READ MORE›

WOMAN KILLED BY UMBRELLA AT WINDY BEACH

PT1M37S 620 349 Washington A 55-year-old woman was killed on Wednesday after being struck by a wind-tossed beach umbrella at Virginia Beach, Virginia officials said... READ MORE›

TWO DIE IN PENNSYLVANIA AMTRAK TRAIN DERAILMENT

Chester, Pennsylvania It happened so fast, Kim Goldman had barely settled in for her ride from Philadelphia to Washington... READ MORE›

AMTRAK TRAIN HITS EQUIPMENT ON TRACK; 2 WORKERS DIE

This derailment comes almost a year after an Amtrak train originating from Washington D.C... READ MORE›

MISSOURI FLOOD DEATH TOLL HITS 13 AS STORMS RAVAGE U.S. MIDSECTION; QUAKES KNOCK OUT POWER

On Saturday, the Mississippi is expected to crest at Thebes, Illinois, just south of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at 47.5 feet 14.5 meters... READ MORE›

EX-CHICAGO-AREA OFFICER FOUND GUILTY IN MURDER-FOR-HIRE PLOT

During closing arguments Tuesday, prosecutors said prison recordings of Peterson speaking with a fellow inmate prove he wanted Glasgow killed... READ MORE›