Científicos han dado un significativo e importante paso adelante en la comprensión de la dinámica del magnífico y misterioso ...

The goverment is considering invoking the charge of treason for outspoken Islamist clerics. It is unlikely to happen, according to BBC legal affairs analyst Jon Silverman. BBC News website's Katherine ...

The Metropolitan Police have reinstated a Sikh police sergeant who was sacked after being accused of sending racist hate mail. The force has also apologised to Gurpal Virdi, who was dismissed in March ...

Children growing up in refugee camps in Peshawar, in the north of Pakistan, are being drugged by their parents to leave themselves free to work undisturbed in the carpet factories. The Afghan men and ...

Leeds ended their turbulent season with a last-gasp win in Peter Reid's first game as full-time manager. Late strikes from substitute Nick Barmby and Mark Viduka saw Leeds leapfrog their opponents in ...

Calls to extend the Tube to a deprived area of north London have won the backing of the mayor. Ken Livingstone visited north Tottenham on Wednesday to see if the Victoria Line could be extended from ...

Tyre maker Michelin has attacked Formula One bosses for reintroducing tyre changes for the 2006 season as it goes against attempts to cut costs. The decision has been made by FIA chief Max Mosley, who ...

A new law allowing the age of consent for homosexuals in Britain to be reduced from 18 to 16 has been forced through Parliament. Home Secretary Jack Straw must now decide when the new law comes into ...

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has been fined £10,000 for making misleading claims about a collection of men's clothing. The high street retailer admitted five breaches of the Trade Descriptions Act by falsely ...

Fifa president Sepp Blatter said Nigeria's plan to co-host the 2010 World Cup with four African countries will not work. "This idea of Nigeria [to stage the tournament with Cameroon, Benin Republic, ...

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 ...

New York's bid team faces an increasingly tough task to bring the Games to the Big Apple for the first time. The city was ranked down in fourth when the International Olympic Committee examined the ...