Celebrated on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, Pancake Tuesday is a day steeped in customs and beliefs. Also known as Shrove Tuesday, this day of feasting and celebration marks the start of Lent ...

The Derbyshire version has the blessing of the Royals to use the title of Royal Shrovetide Football. Ashbourne was granted ...

On the night before Ash Wednesday, commonly referred to as Fat Tuesday, the parishioners of Christ Church gathered in their ...

Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football has been played almost every year since at least 1667 that is a game unlike any other ...

Shrove Tuesday - now better known as Pancake Tuesday - is most significant in all cultures that observe the Lenten period. It ...

The ground is still covered in a white blanket. We have snow in the forecast. But days are lengthening, snow will melt and ...

Racers dressed as a skyscraper, beekeeper and a chest of drawers were among dozens of runners zipping around a central London ...

One of the earliest rules was 'no murder' - and one of the most recent is 'the ball must not be carried in a motorised ...

This year, 4 March is Shrove Tuesday - otherwise known as Pancake Day. Shrove Tuesday is a Christian festival marked all over the world but in the UK, Ireland, Canada and Australia it's often ...

The small Derbyshire town of Ashbourne is home to the ancient sport of Shrovetide Football, where hundreds of players take to ...

Celebrated as Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, around the world, Shrove Tuesday, or "Pancake Day," derives from the English word ...