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

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

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 ...

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

Hibernian have signed Livingston striker Paul Dalglish for a nominal fee, while allowing forward Sam Morrow to go the other ...

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 ...

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 ...

Northern Ireland put a dent in England's World Cup hopes as David Healy's goal gave them a stunning win. Leeds striker Healy fired home Steve Davis' pass after 73 minutes to give Lawrie Sanchez's side ...

Actor Brad Renfro died following an overdose of heroin and morphine, a Los Angeles coroner has ruled. The 25-year-old, who ...

Pakistani former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been assassinated in a suicide attack. Ms Bhutto - the first woman PM in ...

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