Shaun the Sheep has topped a UK poll of favourite children’s characters over the last 70 years – beating a host of older creations such as the Teletubbies and Postman Pat.

The fantasy series 'Game of Thrones', some of which is filmed in the North, is up for the Radio Times Audience Award at this year's Arqiva British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs).

GLOBAL warming will leave Sydney in permanent drought by 2070, with huge seas battering its famous beaches and raging bushfires threatening its outskirts, a new report says.