A baby born in the back of a car on the way to hospital has been named after the vehicle, to mark the circumstances of her birth. Corin Stokes has ...
A team of scientists at the University of Southern California believe they are two years away from creating a brain implant capable of generating memo...
In the past four decades, 142 men and women were liberated from death row because they were innocent.
Home Secretary Theresa May has defended her failure to deport Abu Qatada under angry questioning from a Conservative MP. Tory Mark Reckless accused...
Unlike Chancellor Merkel of Germany, who has a reputation for only sticking her neck out when confident of victory, Margaret Thatcher sometimes had little choice in the timing of the battles she had to fight.
I will never know why she approached me out of all the people in the room. She was powerful, yet willing to ask for help, and she did not ask the most important people present that night, but arguably (and visibly) asked the very least important person.
Imagine a substance that was strong and light enough to armour soldiers, flexible and conductive enough to be turned into the next generation of flexi...
A sticky-fingered man who shares the name of a former British prime minister has been banned from shops in a UK city after he was caught shoplifting s...
Possibly the most stand out moment of levity in David Cameron's speech on Wednesday announcing an 'in/out' referendum on Britain's EU membership within the next 5 years was when he said: "It is time to settle this European question in British politics."
A toddler who died in April was allegedly murdered by his mother's boyfriend, a British court heard this week. According to the BBC, a state prosec...
LONDON -- Five Royal Marines have been charged with murder over a death in Afghanistan last year, Britain's Ministry of Defense said Sunday. They are ...
Supermarket giant Tesco reported a fall in group profits today as a return to sales growth in the UK was overshadowed by a downturn in Asia and Europe...
Celebrations will take place across the world tomorrow to mark Nelson Mandela’s 94th birthday. A Nobel peace laureate, Mandela spent 27 years in...
Today planning permission for a new extension to the V&A has officially been granted to architecture firm, AL_A. The £41 million project, which will ...
Ascot Racecourse today announced a new dress code for the Royal Meeting, which is held between 19 to 23 June. The new guidance was issued today aft...
The Twitter Powerhouses Series is not a destination, it is a journey. And what a journey it has been. Thanks so much for making it an enjoyable and thought-provoking ride.
If you're American, you're probably wondering, "Who the heck is Gary Barlow?" Good question.
The Co-operative Group is to create 3,000 new jobs in the legal sector through a continued expansion in the range of services it offers. The group ...
After a months-long Facebook campaign that resulted in an outpouring of donations from animal lovers all over the world, staff members at CATS Cradle ...
Surgeons at the National Institute of Health in Karachi, Pakistan have announced they successfully separated four extra limbs from Umar Farooq, a week...
A passenger plane carrying 127 people has crashed into a residential area on its approach to Islamabad International Airport in Pakistan. The Bhoja...
Microsoft announced on Tuesday that the fourth installment of its Halo series will be available for Xbox 360 on November 6, 2012 -- otherwise known as...
Mark your iCal, everybody: The next iPad is almost certainly going to be announced on March 7. According to a tweet by the New York Times' Nick Bil...
L'Oreal adverts for anti-wrinkle cream featuring actress Rachel Weisz have been banned following a complaint from Liberal Democrat MP Jo Swinson. T...
Car manufacturer Volkswagen is under fire after apparently deleting comments critical of the company's environmental credentials on its Facebook page....
