The Open University is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its first lecture to be broadcast on BBC television.The ground-breaking transmission, which went to air...
Attempted murder charges have been filed against a Puerto Rico man who police say burned his parents and seven other relatives with a blowtorch.Justino...
The 2.5% rise in VAT will drive down retail sales this year, analysts have predicted.As announced in the Chancellor's Emergency Budget earlier this year,...
Prisons minister Crispin Blunt has promised that lessons will be learnt after rampaging inmates torched buildings in an "unprecedented" jailhouse riot.After examining the damage...
The second largest party in Pakistan's ruling coalition has announced it is quitting the government and joining the opposition, depriving the country's pro-US government...
Hollywood couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have donated two million US dollars (£1.2m) to a wildlife sanctuary in Namibia, where they spent Christmas...
