Your pictures: Floods in Shangla district, Pakistan
Omar Ahsan, an interior designer from Karachi, visited 17 remote mountain villages in the cut off Shangla district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province to distribute food relief. "The roads network had...
View ArticleDrive-by murder suspect James Tomkins arrested in Spain
A man wanted in connection with a fatal drive-by shooting in east London in 2006 has been arrested in Spain after a four-year...
View ArticleFive samurai swords stolen from Southampton home
Burglars have stolen five samurai swords worth about £600 from a house...
View ArticleLab made cornea offers new hope for restored vision
Corneas made in the laboratory have successfully restored the sight of 10 Swedish patients with significant vision loss. Produced entirely from synthetic collagen, the implants offer the tantalising...
View ArticleFormer MI6 officer on investigation into Pimlico death
An MI6 worker whose body was found in a holdall at his London flat...
View Article'Biofuel cells' could power gadgets with energy drinks
Battery-like "biofuel cells" could in the future run on an energy drink or even vegetable oil, says a researcher. A prototype cell has been described at a meeting of the American Chemical Society in...
View ArticleSupercomputer clue to black holes
The colossal black holes that reside in galaxies were probably formed shortly after the Big Bang, new research suggests. Some of these behemoths are billions of times more massive than our Sun....
View ArticleAlleged 'sham' marriage arrests in Essex
A bride and groom have been arrested at an Essex church on suspicion of staging a sham marriage. The couple,...
View ArticleSunderland woman becomes first Avon millionaire
A Sunderland woman who faced an uncertain future when she lost her job six years ago has become Britain's first £1m Avon lady. Debbie Davis, 31, who was struggling to pay her rent when she was made...
View ArticleGadgets to keep new hospital free from infection
One of the UK's newest hospitals has been showing off the...
View ArticleGraduates going to great lengths to get ahead
How far would you go to improve your CV and your employment prospects in today's tough jobs market? With 69 applications for every graduate job, there's rarely been a tougher time for young people to...
View ArticleWork begins to protect Fermanagh from further flooding
Last winter County Fermanagh was hit by severe floods...
View ArticleKent fishermen back at sea as sole quota extended
Fishermen in Kent have been told they can return to sea after a month on dry land after the amount of Dover sole they are allowed to catch was extended. Skippers in Ramsgate and Whitstable feared for...
View ArticleHow Peru's 'Andean rodeo' is helping save the vicuna
The Chaccu - dubbed the Andean rodeo - is a tradition from Peru's pre-Hispanic past that...
View ArticleMI5 feared Siemens staff had Nazi spy links during WWII
Employees of the German company Siemens were investigated for espionage by MI5, it has been revealed. Newly released files show a number of employees were investigated for intelligence activities...
View ArticleCurriculum for Excellence 'fact files' given to parents
Parents are to be given "fact files" to help them understand controversial changes to the school...
View ArticleCruden Group to build new council houses in Edinburgh
Construction work on the first new council homes for a generation in the capital is set to begin following the appointment of a developer. The Cruden Group will begin building 215 homes on the site of...
View ArticleCall to review Scottish prison drug testing
Scotland's chief prisons inspector has called for a review of drug testing for inmates when they...
View ArticleCuba to withdraw cheap cigarettes for elderly
Cuba's elderly will no longer be entitled to state-subsidised cigarettes, the government has...
View ArticleGlasgow University funeral for Scots poet Edwin Morgan
Mourners from the world of politics and academia will pay tribute at the funeral of Scotland's national poet Edwin Morgan. They will gather at...
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