A two-year clinical trial in the West African country of Burkina Faso showed that the number of cases of clinical malaria was cut by 12 per cent using the new bed net

In the early hours of Thursday, August 9th, Argentina’s Senate narrowly voted down a bill to legalise elective abortion. Senators debated for more than 15 hours before voting 38 to 31, with two abstentions and one absentee, not to allow abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. Women’s rights...

Being ever-connected via social media comes at a cost, suggest a series of studies examining how digital technology is affecting relationships

The former PM has bought the luxury cabin on wheels for the garden of his Cornish bolthole

Straight-A pupil Anam Ahemdi, 16, took time out of her Summer holidays to urge the ex-Foreign Secretary to apologise for "letter box" remarks

Samantha Eastwood, 28, was found dumped in a ditch wrapped in a duvet and with masking tape over her eyes eight days after she went missing

Tanami, a 19-month-old Queensland koala who had his own seat on the flight from Dusseldorf to Edinburgh.

Laura Sweet, 35, chucked the bags of waste along with a broken laptop, mattresses, cushions and clothes, on parkland

Sandra Dow, tenant and manager at the Spey Lounge, in Leith, Edinburgh received the order following legal action by Sky.