For those hoping to escape the extreme heat, there is some hope, but they will likely need to travel far.

An Arctic surge sweeps across the country in the coming days.

Temperatures are also set to drop across the UK as the heatwave comes to an abrupt end.

Under the stewardship of geographer Sir Dudley Stamp, thousands of volunteers (including many schoolchildren) came together in the 1930s on a mission that sounds relatively simple on paper: to record ...

Reflecting worries that the French might invade, the first OS maps cover the mouth of the river Thames. This is the naval route to London and a highly vulnerable part of the country. The sheets that ...