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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BBC News Online explains how Bin Laden's al-Qaeda network grew up and the connections with other militants.

Former boxing champions Eddie Thomas, Billy Eynon, Charlie Bundy, Glen Moody, Phineas John, Cuthbert Taylor, Jack Phillips ...

A 19th Century report that became controversial for condemning the Welsh language has been published online by the National Library of Wales. The government report about Welsh education in 1847 was ...

The full text of Nelson Mandela's speech in London's Trafalgar Square for the campaign to end poverty in the developing world. I am privileged to be here today at the invitation of The Campaign to ...

Liverpool produce an amazing comeback from 3-1 down to break Luton's hearts in the third round of the FA Cup.

Builders at the site of a new tourist attraction in London are refusing to work alone after skeletons were found in a sealed vault in the basement. Old tombs beneath London Bridge are being excavated ...

Northampton Town will release defenders Danny May and Brett Johnson, midfielder Joe Burnell and striker Poul Hubertz at the end of the season. Boss Stuart Gray will offer new contracts to Andy Holt ...