Sixteen-year-old Lydia Playfoot went to the High Court claiming that her school was discriminating against her by not allowing the wearing of a "purity ring". Young people must complete a course ...

Italy is celebrating what could be its first woman prime minister... albeit, prime minister of India. For Sonia Gandhi, whose election victory could make her India's next leader, was born in northern ...

Winston Churchill is best remembered for stirring speeches and cigars. But the wartime leader also had a taste for exotic pets - one of which is still going strong. Charlie, a blue macaw bought by ...

The failure to look at the potential dangers of a restraint method was one of the factors in the death of a boy at a detention centre, an inquest found. A jury ruled the death of 15-year-old Gareth ...

Five men have been convicted of plotting to build a bomb which police say could have killed hundreds of British people. The men were caught after police and MI5 launched a massive surveillance ...

A teenager has been jailed for life for the unprovoked and frenzied killing of a student and an attack on his friend. Michael Lynch, 17, was told he would serve a minimum of 15 years by the judge at ...

Three gang members who murdered a "good citizen" with a samurai sword in revenge after he stood up to them, have been given a total 60 years in jail. Father-of-three Lemy Bullock, 36, had warned the ...

The GAA said both parties had agreed that no further statements would be made while this process of discussions remained in ...

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Insults written on a memorial to British war dead in a French cemetery have been deplored in France. One of the slogans used particularly stood out. So why do the French call the British "les rosbifs" ...

More than 300 soldiers who were shot for military offences during World War I will receive formal pardons, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. Defence Secretary Des Browne said he would be seeking ...