The regally attired town crier looked and sounded official but wasn't Hear ye, hear ye: It was all a joke! The British do love royal pomp and circumstance, but the seemingly official town crier who ...

Back in 2006, when Tony Blair was PM and Woolworths was still a fixture on British high streets, over in China, the first residents were moving into Thames Town. A purpose-built suburban community ...

While AFC Richmond — the fictional Premier League club at the center of the hit Apple TV+ streaming series “Ted Lasso” — may not be a real football club, the town of Richmond is in fact very much a ...

Known locally as “three day millionaires,” for their habit of spending all their wages in 72 hours after a month at sea, fishermen like Bob Mackie in the northeastern British town of Grimsby once ...

With a population of 3,000 and a considerable sheep-to-person ratio, the small Somerset town of Bruton might seem sleepy at first glance–but this rural area of rolling hills and rustic storefronts is ...

For several months starting in late 1943, American soldiers with the 1st Infantry Division made their home away from home in Swanage, England, living and training there before leaving to invade ...

Hull lies on the muddy banks of the River Humber in northern England. It is often called the ‘Gateway to Europe.’ Every morning, ferries unload their cargo from the Netherlands and Belgium. And every ...

Salt and pepper? Or pepper and salt? What about garlic powder? In the British town of Goole, a pair of historic water towers has shaken up a spicy debate between neighbors who can't seem to agree on ...

If you suffer from coulrophobia, stop reading. The British town of Northampton has been reporting jarring sightings of a creepy clown, who first appeared on Friday (the 13th). The Herald & Post ...