If you are a member of one of a variety of Christian churches, you have entered the season of Lent, traditionally a time of ...

Every year, thousands of people descend on a small town in the English countryside to watch a two-day game of mass street ...

Image source, Salisbury City Council Flipping fun: Shrove Tuesday led to some racing in the centre of Salisbury. Raising money for the local foodbank, people competed to win the Golden Frying Pan ...

It's described as one of the earliest forms of soccer with one ancient rule telling players not to murder each other.

Armed with a decorative hat, a basketful of cards and large golden balloons spelling out 100, Pam Henriksen celebrates her 100th birthday at a Mardi Gras get-together at the Metro Diner in Arlington ...

Photo: Lucy Young The Leadenhall Market pancake race is much of a Shrove Tuesday staple as lemon and sugar, with local workers and visitors going head-to-head on a 20-metre cobbled course ...

“He loved it!” Harrison says. Played over Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday each year, the event is a source of immense pride for the people of Ashbourne in Derbyshire's Peak District ...

A historic sport which dates back centuries has taken to the streets of a town in the Scottish Borders once more. Jedburgh's ...

Faster Pussycat frontman Taime Downe's fiancée, Kimberly Burch, has died after a tragic fall from a cruise ship. For $2 a go, tourists can purchase sticks of dynamite and experience them exploding in ...

Care home residents and staff have been flipping pancakes and sharing stories for Shrove Tuesday. Woodland View care home in Colchester and Brampton Manor in Newmarket both celebrated the day with ...