Richard Plaud labored 4,200 hours over eight years to painstakingly transform more than 700,000 matchsticks into a 23½-foot-tall model of the Eiffel Tower, driven by a goal he had held since he was a ...

Esmond Warren has always enjoyed working with his hands. After spending 30 years as dairy farmers, Warren and his wife Shirley sold their property and retired to a cosy home in the Twin Brooks ...

A 90-YEAR-OLD craftsman who spends hours making intricate matchstick models of some of his favourite steam engines has unveiled his latest creation. George Day, from Darlington, took up his unusual ...