A magnitude-7.1 earthquake shook southern Chile, prompting tens of thousands to flee the coast for higher ground amid fears it could generate a tsunami...
South Korea's president has compared a deadly North Korean artillery barrage to the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, saying the South...
Military planes are flying food and other supplies to a major city being slowly swamped in Australia's flood emergency, and police were increasing patrols...
Police are warning women not to walk home alone after dark because landscape architect Joanna Yeates's killer remains at large.They acknowledged the alarm in...
Whitehall guidance encouraging town halls to impose higher parking charges is being scrapped as ministers pledge to end the "war on the motorist".Councils will...
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...
Councils must show "more initiative" about how they can maintain refuse collections during the Christmas holiday period, Local Government Minister Bob Neill has said.He...
