North America will bake in extreme temperatures amid celebrations for the United States' 250th birthday.

Weaker monsoon rains are likely to impact farm output but the government says it has enough grain stocks to deal with any shortages.

Typical annual household bills rose by 13% under Ofgem's new energy cap which took effect on 1 July.

Addiction treatment centres say more clients are coming for help with "out-of-control" phone use.

England coach Thomas Tuchel must now play his strongest hand as he enters the danger zone in a World Cup of shocks, says chief football writer Phil McNulty.

Small changes in how children experience food every day can have a lasting impact on what they eat.

During the 1962 Championships, a flash of pink knickers worn on court by Maria Bueno caused outrage at the venerable club. It wasn't the first, or the last, outfit to raise eyebrows.

Once called the "wildest woman in America", this fearless knife-wielding naturalist has lived off the land for 53 years, fighting to preserve Cumberland Island for future travellers.

Moving "from the slums to the exclusive salons", Brassaï captured the brothels, gay bars and backstreets of Paris's hazy night-time in its radical inter-war years.

Europe is in the grip of a record-breaking heatwave. To help stay cool, people in France have been turning to an unusual solution – chalk. Here's the science behind the trend.

Georgian-era artists used outrageous imagery to express their unfavourable views of King George III.

From a Soviet-era sanatorium to a floating market in Bangladesh, this year's World Food Photography Awards capture the many ways food shapes daily life around the world.