In an unusual move, a school in Britain has banned the use of fountain pens as they prevent students "from getting top examination results".

Australian writer Peter Carey has a chance of making Booker history on Tuesday night, but British author Tom McCarthy is the sweeping favourite of British bookies to win the prize for his novel C.

Body shape is all down to genes, especially for women, British scientists have revealed.
Body shapes are determined by how fat is stored in the body — apple-shaped people have more fat around waists and pear-shaped people store more fat in thighs and b

Leading magazine editors on Monday named J. K. Rowling the most influential woman in Britain, judging the Harry Potter author more powerful than Queen Elizabeth II.
Rowling, who has won global fame with her series of popular children’s books about the boy wizard, topped the list compiled by editors from the National Magazine Company, which publishes 20 magazines in Britain. They cited her writing skills, tenacity to succeed and philanthropic nature, said the company.

Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa is likely to be the guest of honour and will be joined by Prince Edward at the closing ceremony of the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.

It seems women know women better. They can easily spot the sound of a flirtatious rival, says a new study.

Britain will open long-awaited inquests on Monday into the deaths of 52 people in the 2005 London bombings to probe alleged failings by the police and intelligence services before the attacks.

Singer Yoko Ono has credited Sir Paul McCartney for reuniting her with her late husband John Lennon. Lennon and Ono, who tied the knot in 1969, split in 1973 and stayed apart for 18 months.

Thirty five years after the death of Agatha Christie, the mystery of the missing Miss Marple has been solved-a new story featuring the amateur sleuth has been discovered.

Born on October 10, 2010, at 10 seconds after 10 past 10 am in Britain, Niamh Bond has been hailed as the world's luckiest baby by numerologists.