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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 11:46pm GMT
Descendants of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his team search for a final explorer to complete their South Pole trek.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 11:26pm GMT
Children born by Caesarean section have a 20% higher chance of developing type 1 diabetes, claim researchers.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 11:25pm GMT
People with epilepsy are 19 times more likely to die from drowning than the general population, a UK study suggests.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 9:30pm GMT
Carnival revellers enjoy Europe's biggest street party
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 8:55pm GMT
Darren Fletcher's deflected first-half strike is enough to give Manchester United victory over Portsmouth.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 2:30pm GMT
Scrabulous fans are stunned, bemused and baffled
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 1:52pm GMT
An 18-month old boy is in a critical condition after being shot in the head with an airgun at his home in Birmingham.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 1:14pm GMT
A minor offence still affects one young man's life
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 1:08pm GMT
Many platitudes are uttered to steer us away from scrutinising things, writes Katharine Whitehorn.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 1:07pm GMT
Grampian Police confirm that a body found in Aberdeen is that of missing 32-year-old Stuart Campbell.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 12:49pm GMT
A Londonderry woman is told her life is under threat from dissident republicans who mistakenly believe she is in the police.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 12:48pm GMT
A murder inquiry is launched following the death of a student from Qatar who was attacked in a seaside town in Sussex.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 12:44pm GMT
Sinn Féin must make it clear it wants to remain in the Northern Ireland Assembly, warns DUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 12:31pm GMT
A campaign group holds a picnic in Hyde Park to protest over a "creeping" increase in no-alcohol zones in public spaces.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 12:07pm GMT
Team GB are flying home from Beijing following their best Olympic medal performance for 100 years.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 11:38am GMT
A woman is jailed for eight years for starting a fire in a block of flats which killed her partner and another woman.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 11:28am GMT
Police reveal a barbecue caused a huge blaze which destroyed 12 cars in a car park at Reading Festival.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 11:09am GMT
Chef Jamie Oliver criticises the UK's alcohol and cuisine culture, saying people care more about getting drunk than good food.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 11:08am GMT
Middle class white men are discriminated against in the TV industry, presenter Jeremy Paxman claims.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 11:04am GMT
A British woman held in China following a Free Tibet protest is flying back to the UK.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 11:02am GMT
Fast bowler Ryan Sidebottom is ruled out of the remaining four matches in England's one-day series against South Africa with a groin injury.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 10:57am GMT
Will ploughing investment and new initiatives into tennis help change its image as a middle-class sport, or is there a bigger psychological barrier at play?
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 10:51am GMT
Downing Street and Boris Johnson criticise the use of a portrait of murderer Myra Hindley in a video shown at a London 2012 event.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 10:31am GMT
Police have arrested the partner of a woman who was attacked while pregnant and gave birth early, it is revealed.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 10:15am GMT
A man held over the murder of an 18-year-old, who was stabbed to death in east London, is released on bail.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 10:06am GMT
Mystery of Thai island backpacker's disappearance
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 10:00am GMT
The global downturn could "drag on for some considerable time", warns the Bank of England's deputy governor.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 9:15am GMT
Hundred of thousands of revellers attend the final day of Notting Hill Carnival, Europe's biggest street party.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 9:10am GMT
Police officers seriously injured in the line of duty are to receive higher compensation payments under new Home Office proposals.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 8:57am GMT
Elderly people are going hungry in hospital because staff fail to ensure they are fed, a charity says.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 8:51am GMT
Coastguard workers around the UK are in the middle of a 48-hour strike in a long-running dispute over pay.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 8:43am GMT
Friends and neighbours welcome back a grandmother as she completes a near-five year run around the world.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 8:43am GMT
Politicians are "leaving black youths to die" by cutting funding to community groups, claims a Home Office adviser.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 8:27am GMT
How Team GB can build on its success
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 8:21am GMT
All five Welsh Beijing Olympic medal winners confirm they will be at a public celebration of Team GB's success in Cardiff.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 8:19am GMT
England captain Kevin Pietersen welcomes the International Cricket Council's decision to postpone the Champions Trophy by 13 months.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 6:33am GMT
British number one Andy Murray beats Sergio Roitman of Argentina in round one of the US Open.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 6:31am GMT
The 2008 Beijing Olympics and Team GB's successes take up many column inches in Monday's papers.
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 1:12am GMT
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond says plans for a British Olympic football team are a "massive own goal".
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Posted: August 25th, 2008, 12:11am GMT
The government is criminalising young people for petty offences that could be better punished informally, a report says.