A miracle cat used up one of its nine lives after incredibly surviving a 50ft (15m) fall from the fifth floor of a block of flats. Four-year-old Ivy escaped with just a fractured jaw despite the huge ...

Boozy weekends can trigger a newly identified sleep disorder, according to a study. Burning the candle at both ends, drinking and smoking through Saturday and Sunday, may be doing more than disrupting ...

Britain's first therapy dog to work for a rail company has started supporting train passengers on their journeys. Six-year-old German Shepherd Nya is a certified therapy dog who volunteers for the ...

A dog had to be brought down England's second-highest mountain on a stretcher by rescue volunteers - after he injured his paws during a long walk. Husky Prince was on the 3,163ft tall (964m) Scafell, ...

Reggie the dog being rescued after falling from a waterfall. (HM Coastguard via SWNS) By Elizabeth Hunter A dog has been rescued after falling 30m (100ft) from a waterfall. Volunteers from the ...

More than half of Americans skip lunch in order to work more, according to a recent survey. The poll of 2,000 employed Americans, with a quota of 1,000 working parents with school-aged kids, revealed ...

This nondescript wall in a Surrey woodland played a key role in WWII - helping Allied soldiers prepare for the D-Day landings. Hankley Common is a 560-hectare nature reserve inside which hides a ...

The contraband was seized off the Pacific Coast in Florida on Aug. 5.(U.S. Coast Guard via SWNS) By Ben Barry The United States Coast Guard seized 11,922 pounds of cocaine worth $88.2 million in the ...

The US Coast Guard rescued four people from a sinking tugboat that had been taking on water for more than nine hours, 130 miles off the coast of Alaska. The crew of the 110-foot tug vessel Sea Ranger ...

Woman’s leg weakness turned out to be a brain tumor She was given squats and lunge exercises, but when her pain didn't go away, she went for another MRI.

A man died from a brain tumor after his confusion on a Christmas holiday was initially put down to overtiredness. Andy McFarlane, 72, began showing signs of confusion and difficulty with everyday ...

A gardener was left stunned after a rare plant she bought 50 YEARS ago finally bloomed - and now towers over her house at 20ft (6m) tall.