Premiership footballer Lee Hughes has been jailed for six years for causing death by dangerous driving. The 28-year-old West Bromwich Albion striker had denied causing the death of father-of-four ...

Six people were taken to hospital and 23 others treated for cuts and bruises following an accident on a ride at Alton Towers. It happened when the front carriages of the Runaway Mine Train became ...

Former EastEnders actor Mike Reid, who played wheeler dealer Frank Butcher in the BBC soap, died at the age of 67. Reid was a real-life Londoner, born in Hackney, East London, in 1940. A few months ...

In the summer of 1940 as Germany seemed set to invade Britain, a secret army was created. Known as the Auxiliary Units, their aim was to wreak havoc behind enemy lines as the German invasion ...

Six men who killed a doorman and wounded three others when they tried to force their way into a nightclub have each been jailed for life. Ishfaq Ahmed, 24, was shot in the back as he attempted to stop ...

The terms "old" and "new" have been played around with in the cut and thrust of this election campaign but exactly how old are our current crop of political parties? The BBC's Elena Egawhary has taken ...

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Heather Fell failed to overturn a 19-second deficit in the 3,000m run of the modern pentathlon but the Briton won silver behind German Lena Schoneborn. Fell began the final of the five events in ...

Tottenham cruised to an easy victory over Dinamo Bucharest to secure top spot in Uefa Cup Group B. Dimitar Berbatov netted on 16 minutes, lashing in from 20 yards after keeper Uladzimir Hayeu's poor ...

Rebels said a coalition of groups had launched the attack Rebels intent on overthrowing Chad's president have attacked the border town of Adre in far-eastern Chad. A coalition of four rebel groups ...

Men in prison are five times more likely to commit suicide than those in the general population, a Lancet online study has found. Mental illness and overcrowding are possible explanations, the ...

A huge boring machine used to build the Channel Tunnel that links the south of England and France has been sold by online auction site eBay. The 580-ton drill went for £39,999 to a bidder using the ...