Katharine in 1958. Katharine was born in 1933 at at Hovingham Hall, Yorkshire; she is the daughter of Sir William Worsley, 4th Baronet and Joyce Morgan Brunner. She's a descendant of Oliver ...

The collision happened on Chaddock Lane in Worsley at about 16:30 GMT. A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) said two fire engines attended the crash between a van ...

The largest terrestrial animal native to Antarctica is the tiny springtail, also known as the snow-flea. A dozen of them would fit on your fingernail. The greater Antarctic region also encompasses the ...

In the 1959 novel, Endurance, Alfred Lansing recounts the two-year (1914-1916), failed voyage of twenty-eight men attempting to cross the Antarctic ... Frank Worsley, “Hope tells a flattering ...

Dr Ivanović, Dr Lauren Gregoire (SEE) and Professor Thornalley (University College London) will collaborate with the National Oceaonography Centre, British Antarctic Survey, University College London, ...

Not only had Shackleton and Frank Worsley found refuge there after the sinking of the Endurance; the two men also had returned to the island in 1922, preparing for a new Antarctic expedition.

A Leeds woman is among a group of five who are counting penguins on a remote Antarctic island. The world's biggest iceberg is drifting towards the Atlantic Ocean after being stuck near Antarctica.

Digital reconstruction of the Late Cretaceous (~69 million years old) crown bird Vegavis iaai, completed following high-resolution micro-computed tomography of a fossil-bearing concretion discovered ...

The fossilized skull of a bird called Vegavis, which lived in the Antarctic some 68.7 million years ago, confirms it was an early member of the waterfowl group. However, the skull also suggests ...

British scientists are hoping to monitor Antarctic krill from space as the species faces growing threats from climate change and overfishing. The researchers ultimately hope the work will help to ...

Developers Salboy and Peel said there was huge demand for new homes and have submitted plans in Worsley, Greater Manchester. Peel wants to build 295 houses on land east of Boothstown, next to RHS ...

By Tania Ganguli For about a week leading up to the A.F.C. championship game, Meredith Nolan had been living on a hulking research vessel parked in an Antarctic port. The ship, called the Noosfera ...