In schools children would resort to many a ruse to win (not least baking their conkers). At last year’s championships a fake steel conker was found in the octogenarian winner’s pocket, generating a ...

Men's winner Matt Cross, from Bourne, Lincolnshire, was crowned the overall World Conker Champion after beating women's ...

Competitors travelled from across the globe to Northamptonshire in England to compete in an extremely autumnal event ...

Competitors at the UK-based World Conker Championships were subject to "airport-style" security after last year's event was ...

Some 256 people from nine different countries, including Japan, entered this year’s competition, which was held in ...

The Met Office confirmed the summer of 2025 was officially the hottest on record for the UK - in line with evidence that ...

A royal delivery from Windsor Castle helped the World Conker Championships go ahead as planned on Sunday after an unusually ...