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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were among the disappointed crowd as the America's Cup World Series was abandoned due to extreme weather. William and Kate left the kids at home and travelled to Portsmouth to watch the second day of racing at the event. They were hoping to cheer on Olympic...

A football match was delayed at Oldham Athletic's Boundary Park on Saturday after unwanted visitors swarmed around the goalposts. A queen bee had attached herself to one of the posts, causing the penalty area to become a hive of activity. The referee suspended the start of the pre-season...

A 3D-printed aircraft has been launched from a Royal Navy ship and landed safely on a Dorset beach. The navy said the test flight from HMS Mersey demonstrated the potential use of small, unmanned aircraft at sea. Cdr Bow Wheaton said the navy was "very interested" in possible uses of unmanned...

Most Fifa members around the world, with the exception of Russia and the Asian members, are to find out today what teams they will face for the 2018 World Cup qualification. Gibraltar, a member of Uefa (which is why it's taking part in the Euro 2016 qualifying), is not a member of FIFA so will...

Tate Britain, on London's Millbank, is to hold a new exhibition on the British Empire - Artist and Empire - the first major show to explore the artistic legacy of the greatest empire the world has ever known. The Empire strikes back: This awesome painting of a bloodied British soldier...

The Spectator's Rod Liddle has had enough of living amongst us filthy kafir pigs and dogs so he has decided to run off and join Islamic State. I’m off to join Islamic State. See ya, kafirs! There’s plenty I can find to do out there, and if I don’t like it I’ll just come back...

Today is Prince George's 2nd birthday and, to mark the occasion, a picture of him with his dad has been released. Prince George photograph released to mark 2nd birthday 21 July 2015 BBC News An official picture of Prince George has been released to mark his second...

A university is in "exploratory discussions" to build the world's deepest swimming pool for spaceflight and human endurance research. The proposed 164ft (50m) deep pool at the University of Essex would be far deeper than NASA's own 40ft (12m) deep training pool in Houston. If it goes...