The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are to visit a Canadian town devastated by wildfires that forced thousands of residents to flee. William and Kate...

Light drinking in pregnancy has no effect on premature birth, small babies or low birthweight, research has suggested. Experts reviewing 36 studies...

A pub in Yorkshire made a fish & chips dish on Saturday, breaking the Guinness World Record. It took an hour to fry. In total it weighed 96 pounds. ...

Milla Jovovich, Hilary Alexander and Alexa Chung turn out at Paris Fashion Week to watch Karl Lagerfeld's latest Chanel collection. ...

The National Audit Office today released a report evaluating the changes to the aircraft carrier and associated Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft pr...

A Spanish national wanted in connection with an alleged attempt to kill his country's king, Juan Carlos, has been arrested in an armed swoop in Cambri...

The Duchess of Cambridge brought smiles of joy to the face of a little girl with cancer by granting her wish to meet a "princess". Six-year-old Dia...

British aid agencies have come together to launch a joint fund-raising appeal to help more than 10 million people affected in the Horn of Africa. ...

British Gas is the largest supplier of gas and electricity in Britain, and is now the latest energy giant to hike up its rates. It will be increasing ...

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- The family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler are to press for "stronger, clearer and faster action" from the Government over ph...

Thousands of staff and elderly residents at Britain's largest care home group, Southern Cross, face an uncertain future as the group confirmed that it...

At least 10 people were killed in a huge explosion which tore through a Cypriot National Guard naval base after a brush fire set light to 2,000 tons o...

The Conservative MP Philip Hollobone has queried how many schools in England are attended entirely by traveller children. His question to education m...

"I confirm that Ahmad Wali was killed inside his house," said Zalmay Ayoubi, spokesman for the governor of Kandahar province, where Ahmad Wali Karzai ...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has arrived at the High Court for an appeal against being extradited to Sweden over sexual assault allegations. Assan...

The Daily Show's John Oliver provides a whistle-stop tour through the phone hacking scandal to a horrified Jon Stewart. ...

The annual report of the BBC's performance revealed a mixed picture of its efficiency drive and output successes over the past year. It is the first r...

The Independent's star journalist, Johann Hari, has been suspended after becoming embroiled in a row over quotations used in his interviews. There wil...

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- The number of people claiming the jobseeker's allowance has experienced the biggest monthly rise for more than two years despite ...

The decision to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden over sexual assault allegations has been deferred by the High Court after a two-d...

Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, returned to the high court on Wednesday for a second day to fight his extradition to Sweden, where he faces allegat...