When the supposedly unsinkable 'Titanic' went down on April 15, 1912, the Halifax-based ship 'Mackay-Bennett' was assigned to ...

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There's no restriction on the number of free Google accounts you can own, which means you can set one up as a dedicated archive account and then transfer all your old emails to it. Transferring ...

A rare 100-year-old racing boat has been donated to the Windermere Jetty Museum. The single sculler, which had been hanging in a boathouse for 60 years, has been restored and is now on display in the ...

In spite of the threat of death, Gaza’s fishermen persevere to earn a living from the sea, and cling to their heritage and ...

A Washington woman who was thrown overboard off a drifting boat has died after the Coast Guard responded to her mayday call ...

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Police have met with the immediate family of the missing Aurukun fisherman, as the search for the 60-year-old continues in ...

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Australian soaps Neighbours and Home and Away - and a British Olympic medallists who watched them avidly - are strangely ...

A FAMILY run pub in Coniston has been named the best in Cumbria- in a new report from a leading national newspaper.

An Aussie bloke hailed a hero for rescuing six people from raging floodwaters has recalled the moment his 'heart sank' during ...