All news on the topic: Circuses

Glastonbury Festival has become a rite of passage for music fans, but there's so much more to the festival than what you see on TV, as veteran Dan Thomas explains

Video footage filmed by someone in the audience shows the powerful bear charging at her trainer. The bear floors him before attacking him with a flurry of massive blows

Over the years Great Yarmouth in Norfolk has been discredited as good holiday destination, but from vibrant festivals to historic fishing roots it actually has a lot to offer holidaygoers

The crowd at Blackpool Tower Circus were evacuated during a show after an acrobat fell while performing a dangerous stunt, later receiving treatment from paramedics

Shocked audience members witnessed the cannon shooting the man across the big top as video shows the aerial stunt performer fly through the air before slipping through the gap in the safety net

The performer is seen twirling through the air on an aerial hoop during the show in Brazil on April 7, where she spins and performs acrobatics above the crowd - before disaster strikes

Nikita Kanda says it is 'absolutely disgusting' that someone could walk up to her and strike her in the face as she left work as the police launch an investigation into the attack

An audience was left screaming after a 13-year-old acrobat plummeted to the ground during a circus display in the city of Deyang, in China's south-western Sichuan Province on Thursday

The circus has been a staple of the Blackpool Tower and the resort, for many years, but a dark secret lies beneath in the depths - and even wild animals were kept captive inside

Police have launched an urgent appeal for witnesses after the incident at Oxford Circus Underground Station on Saturday saw a man pushed onto tracks

A truck transporting circus zebras and camels after a performance bursts into flames this weekend, prompting police to lead the animals to safety - but not before they'd munched on the grass by the side of the road

The south Londoner with a remarkable back story made history earlier this month when he presented Crystal Palace's clash with Bournemouth for Amazon Prime Video, and he's back behind the mic on Boxing Day

An unnamed circus acrobat was rushed to James Paget University Hospital in Great Yarmouth after an accident performing the Giant Wheel of Death with his brother

Keyla Remache raised her little girl in the circus and travelled around the UK every week. Despite receiving lots of hate online, the mum-of-one wouldn't change a thing

Stuntman Jonathan Vero set two world records after setting himself alight as he completed a 100m run in 17 seconds and completed the fastest full body burn without oxygen

The 1937 painting Mr Pynchon and the Settling of Springfield by Umberto Romano appears to show a Native American man holding a mobile phone - with conspiracy fans saying it proves time travel

Locals say it feels like they're living in a giant fishbowl with people peering in but with most visitors very respectful, the social media hot-spot is only growing in popularity

Chelsea Cook, 31, said she was crossing Charles Street near The Roundabout pub just after 3.30pm on the school run. Little Ollie had waited until the green man was on display, telling him it was safe to cross

Charlene White has talked about how she is not married to her partner Andy, even though her Loose Women colleagues would love her to

The lions escaped from their enclosure at the circus in the Henan Province of China, sending the audience fleeing and carrying their children in fear of the jungle cats

Captain Bernard Gardiner, who flew 71 combat missions, was scrambled once more in the world’s only two-seat Hawker Hurricane

Former UFC light-heavyweight champion Jackson was tied to MMA journeyman and kick-boxer Bob Sapp last night in a strange bout as part of a 'freak show' in Thailand

Big Brother star Jade Goody died from cervical cancer in March 2009 and 14 years on from her death, sons Freddie and Bobby Brazier took some time out to commemorate the day

Trapeze artist David, who performs with Circo Quiros, fell to the ground while conducting a death-defying stunt at a venue in Madrid, Spain - but miraculously survived with just "a little cut under my chin"

David Garcia Thomas, an London-based IT executive, became trapped between the Tube train and platform edge after he fainted and was subsequently dragged some distance