After confirming the purchase on Friday, Ford drew critcism from political opponents who called it a "gravy plane" and "out of touch".

At the 1972 Miss World contest, Cynthia Shange was one of two contestants from South Africa - one black and one white.

Iran is blaming a US blockade for the closure, saying it breaches the ceasefire reached between the two countries.

With five games remaining, BBC Sport looks at which side is most likely to take the third relegation spot.

The Stronger Futures programme at Gloucestershire County Council could use AI to cut expenses.

Dr Albert Hofmann accidentally discovered the hallucinatory effects of LSD in April 1943. In 1986, he told the BBC about a "terrifying" bicycle ride home from the laboratory.

In April 1996, two years after Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's death, fans could bid on everything from her school textbook to her diamond engagement ring. The BBC was at the auction.

For centuries, The Triumph of Bacchus was misattributed then hidden – now it is at the centre of a major exhibition. Here are five groundbreaking artworks wrongly attributed to men.

From cruises to girls' trips, astrocartography – a once-niche form of astrology – is shaping how some travellers choose where to go next.

From Japan to Argentina to the US, nations around the world have put their own stamp on the mouthwatering meat – making beef a destination in itself.

The amount of green space for wildflowers in the UK has shrunk amid the rise of modern agriculture. But wildflowers are thriving where other plants can't – cities.

A small Slovenian Alpine company has become a giant of ski jumping with its world-beating equipment.