Sixteen-year-old Lydia Playfoot went to the High Court claiming that her school was discriminating against her by not allowing the wearing of a "purity ring". Young people must complete a course ...

Winston Churchill is best remembered for stirring speeches and cigars. But the wartime leader also had a taste for exotic pets - one of which is still going strong. Charlie, a blue macaw bought by ...

World renowned tenor Luciano Pavarotti has died at his home in the northern Italian city of Modena. The singer, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year, was 71. His charismatic performances ...

Czech Republic defender David Rozehnal is keen for a move to Newcastle United, according to his representatives. The 26-year-old's club Paris St Germain have yet to hold direct talks with the Magpies, ...

Italy is celebrating what could be its first woman prime minister... albeit, prime minister of India. For Sonia Gandhi, whose election victory could make her India's next leader, was born in northern ...

BBC News explains the northern town riots of 2001, what happened and the reasons why they happened. What were the northern town riots? In the summer of 2001, a number of northern towns in England ...

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The HGC's report, compiled following a national consultation exercise, does not talk about individual family's cases. But it does consider the welfare of a child born as a saviour sibling, as part of ...

This is the full transcript of Tony Blair's address to the nation, given on Thursday evening as British forces went into action in Iraq. On Tuesday night I gave the order for British forces to take ...

Two teenage girls in Western Australia have been sentenced to life in prison for killing a friend to see whether they would feel remorse at the deed. The girls, aged 16 at the time of the murder, ...

The failure to look at the potential dangers of a restraint method was one of the factors in the death of a boy at a detention centre, an inquest found. A jury ruled the death of 15-year-old Gareth ...

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