Women brave elements for Boodles May Festival at Chester Racecourse

The Cheshire city is beloved by footballers

A journey along the flood-hit Thames

Aerial footage taken from a BBC helicopter shows the extent of flooding along the Thames, with parts of Surrey, such as Walton-on-Thames and Lower Halliford suffering from rising water levels. Around 1,000 homes in the Thameside village of Dat

In pictures: Stunning winter scenes on coldest day of year

Temperatures plunged well below freezing overnight and into Tuesday morning, with the penultimate day of 2014 turning out to be the coldest day of the year in the region. The Met Office confirmed weather monitoring stations at Charlwood, Wisley and