Authorities in California have begun evacuations as concerns grow about potential mudslides in the wildfire-scarred foothills across the southern part of the state.Governor Arnold...
Buildings wobbled and the ground rumbled after an earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale shook Cumbria and neighbouring counties.Residents were woken up and...
The NHS risks being inundated with flu victims because of a "shockingly low" vaccine uptake, a senior doctor has warned.Prof Steve Field, the former...
Transport operators are under severe pressure to get the Christmas getaway back on track after days of disruption caused by the snow.Heathrow Airport's second...
The United Nations is preparing for the possibility of 2.8 million people being displaced if fighting breaks out over southern Sudan's independence referendum, according...
Glaring gaps in cancer survival between the UK and other developed countries have been exposed in a major study.The research, part-funded by the Department...
