The great gold rush gets under way on 9 August when the first of 31 Scottish Olympians enters the action competing for Team ...

The runner and jockey had always said it was going to be a close-run thing but neither had predicted there would be only a ...

Zambia's main opposition leader, Anderson Mazoka, has died in a South African hospital. Mr Mazoka, 63, lost narrowly to President Levy Mwanawasa in 2001 presidential elections and claimed the polls ...

Growing alcohol use is causing a steep rise in mouth cancer cases, experts have warned just days before the planned extension ...

Family and friends of Danny La Rue have attended the flamboyant entertainer's funeral in London. Stars including actress ...

Comedian Steve Coogan's production company, Baby Cow, has been signed up to make comedy programmes for the US television ...

The first 15-minute qualifying period in glorious sunshine but with a fierce wind whipping down the home straight. The eyes of fans across the world will be on Albert Park as Formula One enters the ...

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Entertainer Danny La Rue has died at his home in Kent at the age of 81, his spokeswoman has said. "Danny died peacefully in ...

Pakistani troops have stormed a radical mosque in Islamabad after talks with hard-line Islamists inside failed. The army says ...

One of the best known Liberal Democrat MPs, Matthew Taylor, has announced he is to stand down at the next election. The 44-year-old MP, elected for Truro & St Austell in 1987, said he wanted to spend ...

Austrian President Thomas Klestil has died in a Vienna hospital aged 71. He had suffered a heart attack at his home in the ...