Britain’s best-performing ice dancers since Torvill and Dean, Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson have won Skate America and Grand ...

Since Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross in 1856, five American-born men have received Britain’s highest military ...

A medal awarded to a homing pigeon who helped the Dutch resistance during World War Two has been sold at auction for £30,000.

The Dickin Medal, often known as the Victoria Cross for animals ... He was passed to a resistance member who identified the bird as British from its leg ring. In an attempt to notify British ...

The final personal diary of Squadron Leader Patrick Gifford, who was shot down in May 1940, has also been found.

British awards and decorations have many fascinating ... Outside the military, acts of civilian bravery attract a plethora of medals, the highest ranking being the George Cross (effectively the ...

VEYSONNAZ - Marielle Thompson’s ski cross gold highlighted a three-medal day for Canada at a World Cup event on Saturday. Thompson, of Whistler, B.C., beat Germany’s Daniela Maier to top the ...

1:16 Whistler celebrates wins at World Cup in downhill skiing Marielle Thompson’s ski cross gold highlighted a three-medal day for Canada at a World Cup event on Saturday. Thompson, of Whistler ...

Another day, another women's World Cup ski cross win for Canadian Marielle Thompson. Thompson, of Whistler, B.C., defeated Germany's Daniela Maier to capture the women's event. It marked the ...