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Passengers on standard Virgin Trains could ride in spacious leather seats with free Wi-Fi, food and drink.

Organisers estimate that Oktoberfest's seven million visitors will drink a similar number of litres of beer.

Spectacular space images from the winners of the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2017 competition.

After the popular and critical success of his first book, Soviet Bus Stops, Herwig has returned to the former Soviet Union to hunt for more.

Greek authorities have appealed to swimmers to stay away from the beaches in the southern suburbs of Athens after thick black oil began washing up.

The 45-year-old Agia Zoni II sank while anchored off the coast of the island of Salamina (also known as Salamis), close to Greece's main port of Piraeus.

Britain's Defence Minister Michael Fallon said his government's effort was "as good as anybody else's". But is it?

A snarling tiger cub, playful brown bears and a tiny seahorse clinging to a cotton bud are among the beautiful photos on this year's shortlist.

Hundreds of thousands of people carrying Esteladas, Catalan pro-independence flags, march through Barcelona on Catalonia's National Day (the 'Diada').

Dan Ziskie's first book, Cloud Chamber, features photographs taken on the streets of Manhattan between 2013 and 2016.

At least 91 people were killed by the massive earthquake that struck off the coast of southern Mexico on Thursday (7 September).

With communication cut to some of the Florida Keys, many are holding their breath for what daylight might reveal.

Seawater penetrated as much as half a kilometre (one-third of a mile) inland in places.

Irma's winds of around 175mph (290kph) tore down trees, and flattened homes, schools and hotels, destroying some of the world's most exclusive tourist resorts.

Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, is heading directly towards Florida after it lashed the Caribbean.

Smashed hotels, boats tossed into piles, and flooded streets and homes on Sint Maarten, the Dutch side of the Caribbean island of Saint Martin.

Hurricane Irma, the most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history, barrels across the Caribbean en route to Florida.

The best photographs from around the world of phenomena like clouds, lightning, rain, fog or snow, and the impact of weather on mankind.

Idols of the elephant-headed god, Lord Ganesha – large and small – are carried through the streets and immersed in bodies of water.

Gary Blackburn has transformed his home with red telephone boxes, life-sized models of the Queen (and her corgis) and a tank.

Aaron Joel Mitchell, 41, died after breaking through layers of security and running into the flames as the event's titular effigy burned.

Photos of Burning Man's art installations, temples and mutant vehicles in desert dust storms look like surrealist paintings by Salvador Dali.

IBTimes UK looks at how Eid al-Adha is celebrated around the world, from going home on an overcrowded Bangladesh train, to selecting a sheep and getting it home.

The Texas-Louisiana border bore the brunt of Harvey's second coming, this time as a tropical depression.

This year's Burning Man festival in the middle of the Black Rock Desert of Nevada is expected to be the hottest ever.

Harvey has dumped 15 trillion gallons (56 trillion litres) of rain on the Houston area, with another five trillion gallons to come.

The sounds of steel bands made London feel more exotic for a couple of days. Even the weather this year was tropical.

Berlin's huge Tiergarten park is crawling with a species of crayfish native to America's Deep South.

Russian photographer Denis Esakov presents Moscow from a different perspective – from above.