A match-making scheme with a difference is proving to be a big hit in Edinburgh - but it's nothing to do with romance, it's ...

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A woman barrister has been attacked in court as she prepared to present a case. Rachel Hedworth, 26, was in a consultation ...

Being able to recognise the extra 50 most-used words, as recommended by the literacy strategy for the first two years of schooling, meant children gained an understanding of about 2% more of the texts ...

Sarah Parkinson, the writer and producer wife of comedian Paul Merton, has died of cancer at the age of 41. Ms Parkinson was diagnosed with breast cancer in February last year and had been living an ...

Archaeologists have found what they believe to be the site of the Library of Alexandria, often described as the world's first major seat of learning. A Polish-Egyptian team has excavated parts of the ...

A jealous husband who battered his wife to death after finding a text message from her lover, has been jailed for six years. Christopher Pugh, 43, killed his wife Karon with two hammers after ...

Two babies born on the same day in the same hospital were given the same name by their mothers, who also share the same ...

Judge Mawrey said evidence of "massive, systematic and organised fraud" in the campaign had made a mockery of the election and ruled that not less than 1,500 votes had been cast fraudulently in the ...

Following his conviction for the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, it was revealed Huntley had been accused of a string of sex crimes. Nine allegations of rape, indecent assault on an ...

Snooker star Paul Hunter has died aged 27 after a battle with cancer. The Leeds player was taken into the Kirkwood Hospice in Huddersfield last Friday and died on Monday evening. The three-time ...

Gillingham midfielder Adam Miller is attracting the interest of the Northern Ireland national team. BBC Radio Kent ...