A painting that spent years in an old English family collection has emerged as one of the surprises of an October auction, selling for £70,000 after specialists attributed it to Dutch artist Hendrik Gerritsz Pot. The small oil painting, which depicts a woman in period clothing seated beside a lute with a dog at her…

A routine family outing along the Suffolk coast turned into an unexpected encounter with Britain’s distant prehistoric past when an 11-year-old boy noticed an unusual object lying close to the water’s edge. At first glance, it looked a little different from the countless stones scattered across the shoreline, yet its shape suggested it was something…

Woman claimed pressure and limited English affected her understanding of the agreement (Representational photo) A woman who moved from China to Kentucky on a fiance visa and signed a prenuptial agreement just 11 days after arriving in the United States has lost her attempt to overturn the agreement following her divorce.Yuancong Zhang challenged the agreement…

Afghanistan only country where girls formally barred from secondary, higher education, Unesco says An estimated 2.4 million Afghan girls remain excluded from secondary education, five years after the Taliban returned to power, according to a report by Unesco.Unesco said Afghanistan remains the only country in the world where girls and women are formally barred from…

Five years after former Rangers and Scotland manager Walter Smith died following a battle with cancer, his widow Ethel has chosen to honour his memory by directing a £50,000 charitable donation to the hospital unit that cared for him. The gift, made through the Emmie Smillie Foundation, was presented to the cancer unit at Vale…