A health watchdog is to target firms to raise awareness about the dangers of high levels of radon gas in premises. The ...

The top political stories from the BBC News website for the week ending October 2 - set to music. The Daily Mail's Quentin Letts reviews the ups and downs of the Labour conference week in Brighton.

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A man has been jailed for life after being found guilty of murdering his wife and three children. Rahan Arshad, 36, beat his family to death with a rounders bat at their home in Cheadle Hulme, Greater ...

Former world boxing champion Naseem Hamed has been jailed for dangerous driving after a crash which left another driver severely injured. Hamed, 32, from Dore in Sheffield, was sentenced to 15 months ...

But five years ago, her troubled family finances drove her into the risky trade. "You don't want your children to suffer," Judy Akinyi, who is serving a nine-year sentence at Langata women's prison in ...

A sculpted and polished phallus found in a German cave is among the earliest representations of male sexuality ever uncovered, researchers say. The 20cm-long, 3cm-wide stone object, which is dated to ...

Bidders from around the world are to get the chance to secure one of the most prestigious titles in Scotland. The grand ...

Clare Short is responsible for overseas development and certain aspects of overseas pensions. Her position was created after ...