While “roses are red” in a familiar poem, new evolutionary genetic analysis by Chinese and Dutch researchers has revealed that the first roses were likely yellow. Roses are one of the most ...

The Red Roses will play a pair of warm-up matches before hosting the Women’s Rugby World Cup this this summer. As reported in The Independent last month, the Six Nations champions and two-time ...

John Mitchell’s side will welcome Las Leonas to Mattioli Woods Welford Road on Saturday 2nd August (kick-off 3pm) before heading to Mont-de-Marsan a week later to take on France. Last autumn Spain won ...

Minecraft players can now enhance their builds with vibrant stained glass. The process involves combining dyes with glass blocks on a crafting table. Glass is made by smelting sand in a furnace.

In 1593 and 1594, Shakespeare’s first poems, 'Venus and Adonis' and 'The Rape of Lucrece', were published and he dedicated them to his patron, Henry Wriothesley, the Earl of Southampton.

After three days of fierce competition, Lancaster University has been crowned the winners of Roses 2025. The tournament, hosted this year by York, took place from Friday 2nd May to Sunday 4th ...