Caroline Ball explores the apple varieties that Britain is at risk of losing in a fascinating new book. The National Fruit Collection at Brogdale Farm in Kent grows two thousand different kinds of apples.

Nigel Colborn shared advice for re-planting rhubarb to boost production. The British gardening expert recommends re-planting baby rhubarb slips in a new piece of ground.

Nigel Colborn shared advice for taking root cuttings to produce new plants. The British gardening expert recommends removing thicker roots and re-planting.

Nigel Colborn writes that the November period can be a boom time for indoor plants. He recommended the Phalaenopsis orchid, Britain's favourite houseplant, which flowers for months.

A selection of illustrations by Beatrix Potter are set to feature in the exhibition, Mushrooms: The Art, Design And Future Of Fungi, opening this week at Somerset House in London.

Nigel Colborn shares his advice for thriving wisteria this summer. The British gardening expert recommends shortening stumps this month to prevent emerging leaves from hiding flowers.

A fascinating new exhibition at London's Garden Museum explores the social history of London's eight Royal Parks. The spaces have been opened to all since 1851.

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shared advice for growing Moth Orchid's, including purchasing better quality soil than what is already in the plant pot.

Nigel Colborn shares his advice for using lilies as enchanting patio pot plants. The British gardening expert recommends keeping the plaint in moist compost with access to sunlight.

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shared advice for planting sweet peas, pruning shrubs and trimming violas this week.

Nigel Colborn claims that months of excessive rain nationwide has made gardens unworkable. British gardening expert warns against sowing outdoors until conditions are suitable.

Monty Don shares his advice for growing violets and pansies in an extract from his classic book Gardening At Longmeadow. British gardening expert grows violets in Coppice.

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn, shares his advice for increasing the number of snowdrop clumps in your garden.

Nigel Coleborn shares his advice for sowing courgette seeds and pruning your clematis. The gardening expert also named the plant of the week as the Dutch Flower Record.

Monty Don shared his advice for repelling snails and slugs in an extract from his classic book Gardening at Longmeadow. British gardening expert warns against using slug pellets.

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shared advice for removing last summer's shoots to ground level. He also answered a question on a young Japanese cherry tree.

Nigel Colborn shares his advice for making gardens more sustainable, while at home amid the Corona crisis. British gardening expert advises using a lawn fertiliser to boost the growth of lawns.

Nigel Colborn shared his advice for nurturing ponds as the days become warmer. The British gardening expert advises removing dead or damaged stems and looking out for weeds.

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shared advice for managing this year's near-hardy perennials. He advises pruning away last year's growth.

Nigel Colborn shares his advice for growing sweet peas that will flower from mid-June. British gardening expert says they are as easy to grow as any hardy annual.

Nigel Colborn shares his advice for adding a touch of Mediterranean to your garden. The British gardening expert says Mediterranean plants are almost entirely self-maintaining.

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shared advice for people growing their own food in their gardens during the coronavirus lockdown.

Monty Don shares his advice for growing biennials in an extract from his classic book Gardening At Longmeadow. British gardening expert says now is the time to sow Lunaria annua.

The explosion, at the Vector laboratory in Siberia, left a worker with second and third degree burns. The lab is one of two places in the world which houses the smallpox disease.

A new animated video shows how 40 days into the coronavirus outbreak it infected more people than on the 40th day of the respective Ebola, swine flu, SARS and MERS outbreaks.

Researchers from Nankai University in Tianjin, northern China have discovered the way coronavirus binds to cells in the human body is akin to far more aggressive diseases like HIV.

Having read in the Sunday papers that, because of coronavirus, the over-60s should avoid routine visits to surgeries, I emailed my doctor to confirm that my annual medical check-up. would go ahead...

Doctors and pharmaceutical firms around the world are scrambling to find a drug that can stop the deadly virus, which has now killed more than 8,200 people.

Former Vice President Joe Biden debuted his new podcast from his Delaware home, interviewing former White House aide Ron Klain, who has bashed the Trump administration's coronavirus response.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at NIH, has emerged as the most trusted public official during the coronavirus outbreak.

Oscar Pistorius stood unmoved and expressionless in the dock as he was found guilty of the manslaughter 19 months after shooting girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp to death.

The parents of Reeva Steenkamp have accused Oscar Pistorius of lying in court after repeatedly telling the judge he believed the model was an intruder.

The South African double-amputee has been found guilty of culpable homocide after shooting his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in his Pretoria home but has not yet been sentenced. 

Oscar Pistorius's former girlfriend has described the chilling moment she came face to face with the paralympian as he sat in the South African court room listening to his former lover desribe his 'angry possessive rages.'

Barry Bateman was the first journalist to arrive at Pistorius' home following the shooting of Reeva Steenkamp. He says important evidence was ignored by both prosecution and defence.

Oscar Pistorius was being portrayed as a 'poor victim' ahead of his sentencing for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, the chief prosecutor said on Tuesday during day two of the hearing in Pretoria.

South African prison bosses have hit back at 'inaccurate, serious allegations' in the Oscar Pistorius trial that the country's jails are violent and disease-ridden. 

Lawyers have been presenting their final arguments on Friday to Judge Thokozile Masipa at the end of the double-amputee athlete's sentencing hearing.

MARTHA KELNER: Oscar Pistorius was once the most famous and inspirational Paralympic athlete in the world. But now he is in prison for five years and his world has fallen apart.

Prosecutors in the Oscar Pistorius case have consulted with a criminal law expert over a possible appeal, which means the Olympic runner could face a murder conviction again.

South African prosecutors have confirmed they will appeal Oscar Pistorius's manslaughter verdict and five-year prison sentence after failing to secure a murder conviction.

News of the unlikely partnership was revealed in a letter of complaint to prison authorities by Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir after a treadmill and exercise bike used by the pair were moved.

A South African judge says she will respond to the prosecution's appeal of the Oscar Pistorius verdict on Wednesday.

A video has emerged that claims to show Oscar Pistorius playing football in a prison yard with a notorious underworld criminal, who was last month charged with murder.

The family of Reeva Steenkamp, who was killed by Oscar Pistorius in 2013, released a poignant picture of their daughter aged 14 (pictured) today as his prison release on Friday was put on hold.

The 'blade runner', 28, was jailed in October for five years for shooting the model four times as she cowered in the bathroom of the house in Pretoria, South Africa, which now lies empty.

EXCLUSIVE: Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir's escape was foiled when a handgun (pictured), prison guard's uniform and detailed plans of the prison were found during a raid on his cell.

The result of an appeal by prosecutors to have 29-year-old Oscar Pistorius’s manslaughter conviction overturned and replaced with one of murder is due to be delivered on Thursday morning.

Kevin Lerena (right) said Oscar Pistorius (left) is depressed, has lost interest in training and women - and suggested he might 'do something stupid' rather than go back to prison.

Barry and June Steenkamp are 'furious and horrified' at a new Hollywood movie about Oscar Pistorius shooting dead their on Valentine's Day in 2013 for which he was jailed for six years.