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 ...

Experts warn against eating too much liquorice after a woman overdoses on sweets.

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.

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

South Africa v Sri Lanka A, Colombo Match drawn ...

Internet services are disrupted in the Middle East, Egypt and India following damage to two undersea cables.

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 ...

As Czechoslovakia was liberated from the Nazis at the end of World War II, the population of the country took its revenge - not on the Nazis themselves, but on three million of their fellow citizens.

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 ...

A South Korean man dies after reportedly playing an online computer game for 50 hours with few breaks.

Called a coloboma, the defect can appear as a keyhole shape A girl resembling Madeleine McCann has been spotted in France by a woman who says she had the same eye blemish as the missing girl's. Police ...

Freddie Garrity, lead singer of 1960s Manchester pop group Freddie and the Dreamers, dies in north Wales.