Donna Ferguson

Timmy the whale has been confirmed dead by Danish authorities two weeks after the beached humpback was transported to the North Sea in a rescue attempt criticised as “pure animal cruelty”.

German authorities have defended their decision to allow a risky rescue attempt of a stranded whale to go ahead, despite experts warning it was “inadvisable” because the animal was hurt and unlikely to survive.

Designers hope Sightsavers sensory exhibit at London flower show will offer something for everyone

Plants whose beauty is flawed carry a message in Children’s Society garden, a gold medal winner at Chelsea flower show

Charles conferred LVO after his US visit on James Roscoe who had been standing in for Peter Mandelson

Three teenage boys convicted of knife-point rape and other serious sexual offences against two teenage girls in Hampshire have not been given

The TV presenter Judith Chalmers, who spent almost three decades persuading British people to go on holiday as the host of Wish You Were Here … ?, has died at the age of 90 after living with Alzheimer's in her final years.

The UK needs a “national consensus” about rejoining the European Union, David Miliband has said, in response to revelations that the UK government pitched the creation of a single market for goods with the EU to the bloc.

Ex-foreign secretary urges reset at ‘higher dosage’ after officials revealed to have pitched single market for goods

Book containing early versions of the Merlin and Grail legends has remained in private hands for 700 years