Confusingly, early Chinese maps seem to buck this trend. But, Brotton, says, even though they did have compasses at the time, that isn’t the reason that they placed north at the top.

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Labour has vowed to “put shipbuilding on the map” again in the North East. Employment minister Alison McGovern made the pledge on a visit to the A&P shipyard in Hebburn on Thursday morning.

England's Women's World Cup squad carry the hopes of an entire nation on Tuesday night in their semi-final clash with the USA. The Lionesses are also a distinctly northern group, with the majority ...

An oil tanker and a cargo vessel collided in the North Sea off the coast of England on Monday causing a large fire and thick black smoke, as a map by Newsweek details the locations of the vessels ...

A thunderstorm warning has been issued by the forecasting agency as conditions are expected to worsen in the afternoon. The ...

North Korea fired what appeared to be multiple short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast, South Korea's military said on Thursday, possibly to test the performance and stability of various ...

Japan's most powerful earthquake since records began has struck the north-east coast, triggering a massive tsunami. Cars, ships and buildings were swept away by a wall of water after the 8.9 ...