Darby Allin’s climb of Mount Everest has begun. Allin is making the ascent with Adventure Consultants, a New Zealand-based ...

(CNN) -- Prime Minister Helen Clark said today that the passing of Sir Edmund Hillary is a profound loss to New Zealand. "My thoughts are with Lady Hillary, Sir Edmund's children, wider family, and ...

The son of a West Sussex veteran of World War Two has paid tribute to her after she died aged 100. Cicely Ball was among the ...

The spring climbing season has begun in the iconic Himalayas, when mountaineers flock to the roof of the world and the earth's highest mountains. In recent year ...

For as long as he can remember, former Aurora resident Brian O’Malley has aimed high.

Public Service Broadcasting do precisely that, celebrating uplifting achievements, forgotten stories and inspiring exploits. And they do it to an absorbing soundtrack of exhilarating electronica, ...

One of the last survivors of the Burma campaign during the Second World War has passed away at the age of 100.

Edmund Hillary was chosen by destiny to be the allegorical champion of the Everest saga, and an excellent choice he was. Tenzing was too exotically aristocratic to be a hero for all peoples. Mallory ...

It was still months before the 2016 presidential election that Jimmy Kimmel says an early warning from then-candidate Hillary Clinton stopped him cold. The late night host was chatting with the former ...

A woman who was the last known female survivor of a World War Two campaign has died at the age of 100. Cicely Ball, who lived in Rustingdon, died at home on April 5. Cicely was born in Ootacamund, ...