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Big Brother 'sparks good behaviour'

People are better behaved when they have a sense of "Big Brother" watching them, research has shown.Psychologists found that cafe diners were less likely...

Bosses 'overlook scruffy workers'

Most bosses reject candidates at a job interview if they look scruffy and one in five have fired someone if they are not "appropriately"...

Manx and Cornish on endangered list

Manx and Cornish are among the UK languages included on a new list of endangered forms of communication from around the world.A database compiled...

Mrs Simpson a 'miserable American'

An eyewitness account of the Edward VIII abdication crisis by the BBC's then director general reveals how the executive believed a "miserable, second-rate American...

Warning over NHS 'breaking point'

The NHS could reach "breaking point" within the next few years due to increasing demands on the service, senior doctors said.Financial pressures may mean...

Licence fee evaders' bizarre logic

TV licence fee evaders have been particularly inventive over the past 12 months in the excuses they have offered for not paying their dues,...

Painting by Stubbs fetches £10m

A painting by British master George Stubbs has sold for a record £10 million.Brood Mares and Foals, painted at the height of the renowned...

Shell 'had inside info on Nigeria'

Oil giant Shell had "access to everything" being done by the Nigerian government because it had staff in every relevant department, according to the...

Pinochet regime officials on trial

A French court has put 14 former Chilean officials on trial in absentia over the disappearance of French citizens under the regime of Chilean...

Jackson case syringes not tested

Lawyers representing the doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death have asked a judge to order testing on two syringes and an IV bag found...

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