The tsunami inquest hears of the "devastating loss" of Lord Attenborough's daughter and granddaughter.

Law 36 of the MCC's laws of cricket still has people's heads in a spin - exactly how does the lbw law work? To the uninitiated, the leg before wicket dismissal is to cricket what the offside law is to ...

Actor Jack Wild, who played The Artful Dodger in 1968 film Oliver!, has died at the age of 53. Wild was nominated for an Oscar when he was just 16 for the role. He also starred in late-1960s US ...

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 ...

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 ...

Midfielder Marc-Vivien Foe dies after collapsing during an international in France.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The notorious "elephant man" may have suffered from two rare disorders, according to scientists. They believe Joseph Merrick, who lived in Britain more than 100 years ago, could have suffered from ...

Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton has stunned the club by handing in a transfer request. City opened contract talks with the 23-year-old midfielder last week and manager Stuart Pearce insists he ...

The Kaprun inferno - at one of Austria's most popular ski resorts - was the country's worst fire since World War II. On the morning of 11 November 2000, 167 men, women and children boarded a funicular ...