British actor Timothy West, who played wartime leader Winston Churchill on three occasions and the classic titular ...

An actor in 'The Day of the Jackal,' 'Gentleman Jack,' EastEnders' and Shakespeare plays, he was the husband of Fawlty Towers ...

West and Scales, 92, who played Sybil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers, appeared in the documentary series Great Canal Journeys ...

Narrowboats had nosed their way in to tie against trees, so far up this “unnavigable” loop that I doubt they will ever leave. One looked abandoned, slowly sinking. Another was fresh from the ...

A man who uses text-to-speech software to communicate is celebrating his "dream come true" after receiving a new voice from two donors. Christian Wilson, from Bromsgrove, has verbal dyspraxia ...

About 20 people had to be evacuated from their narrowboats during an overnight fire at a marina. One boat was destroyed and sank to the bottom of the River Nene during the incident at Northampton ...

Firefighters were called to the marina at about 05:00 BST About 20 people had to be evacuated from their narrowboats during an overnight fire at a marina. One boat was destroyed and sank to the ...

Fox Narrowboats, based in March in Cambridgeshire, has been hiring out boats since the 1970s and said this has been a "challenging year". The Salters Lode lock, near Downham Market in Norfolk ...

The heart of the canal network next to Broad Street was the set for the new Peaky Blinders film. Steven Knight brought the genius of his 11-year-old BBC drama series home to roost with scenes shot ...

During the filming, there was no mooring of narrowboats allowed outside of the Tap & Spile pub, with all navigations suspended from 4pm on Monday to 1am on Tuesday, and the towpath closed until 6pm on ...

During the filming, there was no mooring of narrowboats allowed outside of the Tap & Spile pub, with all navigations suspended from 4pm on Monday to 1am on Tuesday, and the towpath closed until ...