Growing alcohol use is causing a steep rise in mouth cancer cases, experts have warned just days before the planned extension ...

Zambia's main opposition leader, Anderson Mazoka, has died in a South African hospital. Mr Mazoka, 63, lost narrowly to President Levy Mwanawasa in 2001 presidential elections and claimed the polls ...

Which Scottish athletes have made it to Beijing? The great gold rush gets under way on 9 August when the first of 31 Scottish ...

The first 15-minute qualifying period in glorious sunshine but with a fierce wind whipping down the home straight. The eyes of fans across the world will be on Albert Park as Formula One enters the ...

The BBC has sold BBC Broadcast, its digital media subsidiary, for £166m to an Australian business consortium. BBC Broadcast, ...

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One of the best known Liberal Democrat MPs, Matthew Taylor, has announced he is to stand down at the next election. The 44-year-old MP, elected for Truro & St Austell in 1987, said he wanted to spend ...

Family and friends of Danny La Rue have attended the flamboyant entertainer's funeral in London. Stars including actress ...

Nelson Mandela joined music stars on stage at a concert in London's Hyde Park to celebrate his 90th birthday. As well as ...

Cameroon midfielder Marc-Vivien Foe has died after collapsing during an international match in France. The 28-year-old fell ...

Austrian President Thomas Klestil has died in a Vienna hospital aged 71. He had suffered a heart attack at his home in the ...

France was particularly badly hit by the weather, with the unusually high number of deaths putting a heavy strain on mortuaries. The latest report - by the National Institute for Health and Medical ...