A British journalist managed to book a cruise on the Costa Concordia two days after the liner ran aground off Italy leaving up to 32 people feared dead, he told the BBC on Saturday.

Simon Calder, tra

A man, who had decided to watch every single movie released in Britain in 2011 from start to finish with no exceptions, has decided to do the same even this year.

In the course of his year of movie-g

Tottenham Hotspurs have slapped a record 150 million-pound price tag on Gareth Bale in a move to drive off all possible suitors for him.

Manchester City has made cautious enquiry about the wing wiza

Have sleep problems? Make sure that you see a doctor soon, for a study says that inadequate shut-eye could take a toll on your life.

Under the Hawthorn Tree, a tragic love story set during the Cultural Revolution in China, which is being published in Britain next week, has caught popular imagination across the world despite its ori

A couple in Britain have revealed their boy’s sex now, five years after he was born, because they wanted him to grow without the pressure of gender stereotypes.

Beck Laxton, 46, and partner Kieran Co

On the day the MPs are due to debate a possible ban on shotguns for children, figures have revealed that hundreds of primary school-age children have been granted licences over the past three years.

A research on mutant bird flu has been stopped for the time being in the wake of fears that it could be exploited by terrorists, say scientists.

The H5N1 strain of bird flu is potentially fatal when

Receiving a rejection letter from the University of Oxford is common, but one applicant has turned the tables by sending a “rejection letter” to the varsity on the ground that it is not up to the mark

Controversial Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, who is at the centre of the memo scandal, has got a visa to visit Pakistan to appear before a judicial commission.
Pakistan's High Commissio