Mzwandile Mkwayi volunteered to go down into the shaft to help save the lives of scores of South African miners.

Gas from the seafloor has scientists wondering if oxygen could be found in the oceans of other planets.

Rescuers are racing against time to bring out coal miners trapped inside a flooded pit.

Nine men were trapped on Monday morning after water flooded the narrow hole manually dug to extract coal.

The gold and money was allegedly hidden under the seats of the vehicle they were travelling in.

The men are together for the 50th year in a row in Hednesford after starting in 1974.

The Minnie Pit memorial garden in Halmer End will be home to one of 49 Sycamore Gap saplings.

Cemex appeals against the refusal of plans to extract sand and gravel at Hamble Airfield.