Bid to remove Edinburgh honour from Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi
The 73-year-old leader of Myanmar - formerly Burma - was given the Capital's highest honour in 2005 when she was still in opposition and under house arrest.
Alzheimer’s disease could be treated by zapping the brain with magnets to boost memory
Scientists have boosted people's memory for the first time using a large coil placed against the scalp
Housing estate overrun with more than 200 feral chickens
Residents say the situation is getting 'out of hand' after a rooster and a hen were left by previous residents
One-legged man spotted waving his snake on mobility scooter in Croydon
It is not clear what the man was doing, but it appeared that the snake might not have been having the best of times.
Two multiple shootings in two nights outside London tube stations
Detectives have launched an appeal after two men were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following the attack shortly after 5pm yesterday (Tues).
N.K. Jemisin’s historic third Hugo award speech is going viral and it’s truly inspirational
Three years ago, N.K. Jemisin became the first black woman to win one of science fiction’s most prestigious prizes, the Hugo for best novel. She won it again last year, for the second in the series The Obelisk Gate, and this year became the first person to win three Best...
Britain’s native wildlife under threat from pet snakes and lizards
Snakes, lizards, frogs and tortoises are becoming increasingly popular in Britain and other western countries
BBC sacks Dr Phil Hammond for vow to stand against Jacob Rees-Mogg
Broadcaster, doctor and vocal NHS campaigner Dr Phil Hammond announced on Tuesday that he would stand as a candidate for the National Health Action Party (NHA) in North East Somerset where Rees-Mogg is currently MP. Just hours later he tweeted that he had been fired from his Saturday mid-morning show on...
Gang film themselves attacking prisoner at scandal-hit HMP Birmingham
The mobile phone clip came to light as the G4S-run jail was taken over by the government after inspectors said it had fallen into a "state of crisis".