The tsunami mass inquest has heard of the "devastating loss" of film director Lord Attenborough's daughter and granddaughter in the disaster. Jane Holland, 49, her mother-in-law Audrey Holland, 81, ...

The BBC's National Lottery show was briefly delayed on Saturday evening after protesters invaded the studio and chanted slogans. Presenter Eamonn Holmes was led from the stage as Fathers 4 Justice ...

Rock band Oasis have sacked drummer Alan White, the band's longest-serving member after Noel and Liam Gallagher. "Alan White has been asked to leave Oasis by the other band members," the band ...

A robotic baby that breathes, burps and can be X-rayed is being used for the first time by student nurses in Kent. The computer-controlled mannequin, "Sim Baby", is being operated by trainee nurses at ...

A pensioner left with a family secret ever since a royal was killed in a wartime plane crash has spoken out to protect her dead uncle's memory. Margaret Harris, from Prestatyn, is the niece of the ...

Known as Lord Haw Haw because of his nasal drawl, Joyce was a fascist politician and Nazi propaganda broadcaster to the UK during World War II. He defected to Germany, but at the end of the war was ...

In a park in the Latvian capital Riga, a small group of protesters gathers, all Russian, some wearing paper hats inscribed with the word "Alien". Latvian police carry out a small, bureaucratic piece ...

The last of the Royal Navy's Merlin helicopter squadrons has been commissioned at RNAS Culdrose. The Cornish base held a ceremony for 829 Naval Air Squadron on Thursday. It will include 130 personnel ...

Contrary to legend, there is no 'dib dib' in the Scout Promise A report recommends school leavers should be asked to swear an oath of allegiance as part of proposals relating to British citizenship.

Luis Figo has become the world's most expensive footballer after quitting Barcelona for Real Madrid in a £37m deal. Figo was one of the stars of the recent Euro 2000 championships, in which he helped ...

Two men have been jailed for life for their involvement in the murder of 22-year-old man in October 2002. Alexander McKinley was shot once in the back of the head as he sat in his sports car on Euston ...

Test cricket, unlike most team sports, does not have tactical substitutions. The International Cricket Council (ICC), the sport's governing body, had introduced a 10-month trial in July 2005 to use ...