A cat is baffling his owner by wandering off at night before expecting to be collected by car every morning at exactly the same time and place. Sgt Podge, a Norwegian Forest Cat, disappears from his ...

Sixteen-year-old Lydia Playfoot went to the High Court claiming that her school was discriminating against her by not allowing the wearing of a "purity ring". Young people must complete a course ...

Winston Churchill is best remembered for stirring speeches and cigars. But the wartime leader also had a taste for exotic pets - one of which is still going strong. Charlie, a blue macaw bought by ...

World renowned tenor Luciano Pavarotti has died at his home in the northern Italian city of Modena. The singer, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year, was 71. His charismatic performances ...

Czech Republic defender David Rozehnal is keen for a move to Newcastle United, according to his representatives. The 26-year-old's club Paris St Germain have yet to hold direct talks with the Magpies, ...

Former world snooker champion Alex Higgins has died aged 61 after a long battle against throat cancer. The 1972 and 1982 world champion, a heavy smoker, was found dead in his flat in Belfast on ...

It is the story that just rumbles on and on. Twelve years have passed since the Lancet medical journal published research linking autism with the MMR vaccine. But, as Dr Andrew Wakefield's General ...

Dean Richards, the former Wolves, Southampton, Bradford and Tottenham defender, has died at the age of 36. Richards passed away on Saturday morning after losing his long-term battle with illness.

For people the world over, few relics have come to symbolise the Nazi Holocaust more than the infamous wrought-iron sign straddling the entrance to the Auschwitz death camp, bearing the cynical words ...

Turkish shepherds watched in horror as hundreds of their sheep followed each other over a cliff, say Turkish newspaper reports. First one sheep went over the cliff edge, only to be followed by the ...

Don Bradman's last ever Test innings ends with a duck, bowled second ball by Eric Hollies at the Oval. Bradman scored 19 centuries in Ashes Tests, seven more than any other batsman, and finished with ...

Ronaldo was heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid last summer Cristiano Ronaldo has completed his world record £80m move from Manchester United to Real Madrid after agreeing a six-year deal.