If 1997 was memorable for many reasons, Geri Halliwell’s Union Flag mini dress was surely one of the least expected, yet it lives on in pop culture as a defining moment. Settling in to watch the Brit ...

A heated row has been unfurled in Alton over dozens of Union Flags and St George’s flags tied to lampposts across the town.

A council has apologised after a primary school wrote to parents saying the appearance of union flags at a leavers' event could have been seen as "offensive or sectarian". The head teacher of Cross ...

A councillor described disputes over bilingual signage and flags as a "vicious circle".

Posters showing different hands and skin tones and that read "Welcome to our community" have appeared under Union Jack flags on a Bristol street. Put up by local community group, Way Out West, it said ...

Union flags have been tied to lamp-posts around Bryn town centre in Wigan by an independent councillor and a man dressed as Batman. Councillor Steve Jones, who represents Bryn with ...

Whereas in your country the national flag gets a good innings all year round, in the United Kingdom we are pathetically squeamish about ours, be it the Union Flag, which symbolizes England, Scotland ...

GREENVILLE — Well, it’s not much to look at. But this small square of tattered, tawny fabric is believed to be a piece of the flag Union troops hoisted above Fort Sumter to announce their surrender — ...

London (CNN) — In the United States, the Stars and Stripes are everywhere: on porches, lawns and pickup trucks. The national flag is part of the scenery, almost invisible in its ubiquity. In England, ...