But what happens when the trail goes cold on a homicide? Few people will ever have heard about the deaths of David Ombler and Janet Henderson - Britain's two oldest unsolved murders. Mr Ombler, a ...

Sarah Parkinson, the writer and producer wife of comedian Paul Merton, dies of cancer at the age of 41.

The United Nations tribunal in Arusha has convicted three former media executives of being key figures in the media campaign to incite ethnic Hutus to kill Tutsis in Rwanda in 1994.

Cases of rape of young girls are on the increase in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe's most prominent organisation fighting child sexual abuse is confronting traditional healers to take action over the myth that ...

A British man has been killed and about 12 other people injured in a suspected suicide bomb attack in Qatar. The car bomb blast occurred at the Doha Players theatre outside the capital, Doha, near a ...

A British soldier who bludgeoned a Danish tour guide to death in Cyprus has been freed from jail early. Allan Ford, 38, was one of three men jailed for 25 years on the island for killing Louise Jensen ...

The maker of Colgate toothpaste has been warned not to repeat its famous advertising claim that "more than 80% of dentists recommend Colgate". The Advertising Standards Authority concluded the claim ...

The 2004 local elections in Birmingham were marred by widespread postal vote fraud, a judge rules.

It was a way that people tried to legitimise racist beliefs and practices, but over the years scientists rejected such theories. Within 20 years or so, people had begun to shorten the terms to racism ...

Plaid Cymru has revealed the most radical image overhaul in its history at its spring conference in Carmarthen. The party is dropping its traditional colour and logo and will no longer use the word ...

Archaeologists excavating part of a Roman villa in Somerset have unearthed a mosaic of Daphne and Apollo. The mosaic, which dates back to the 4th Century, is part of the Dinnington Roman Villa site ...

Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed were murdered, Mohamed Al Fayed tells the inquest into their deaths.