The terms "old" and "new" have been played around with in the cut and thrust of this election campaign but exactly how old are our current crop of political parties? The BBC's Elena Egawhary has taken ...

A huge boring machine used to build the Channel Tunnel that links the south of England and France has been sold by online auction site eBay. The 580-ton drill went for £39,999 to a bidder using the ...

Cricket Tweets What are tweets? Desperately sad to learn of death of Rory Morrison (48) A familiar TMS Radio4 voice for many years. Lovely man @Aggerscricket 3 mins ago; When Fred ...

The owner of a theme park has given his personal assurance of safety as he re-opened a rollercoaster from which a teenager fell to her death. The Hydro ride at the Oakwood park in Pembrokeshire was ...

Stunned Belgians are starting to get a clearer picture of the Belgian woman identified as a suicide bomber killed in Iraq last month. La Derniere Heure newspaper published a photo of the woman it said ...

Heather Fell failed to overturn a 19-second deficit in the 3,000m run of the modern pentathlon but the Briton won silver behind German Lena Schoneborn. Fell began the final of the five events in ...

Start wearing our fabulous BBC Sport masks and join in on the craze that's spreading the world. You can look like England stars Kevin Pietersen and spin king Monty Panesar or India's Sachin Tendulkar.

Tackling is the only way of legally bringing down your opponent in rugby union. But there are certain laws on how to tackle ...

The gum shield is the most important piece of equipment a rugby player should own. The gum shield not only protects your teeth and gums, it can reduce damage around the jaw and your chances of getting ...

Nicky Hayden snatched the MotoGP crown from the grasp of five-time champion Valentino Rossi following a dramatic final race in Valencia on Sunday. Rossi led the standings by eight points before the ...

A father and son were charged with kidnap after making a "citizen's arrest" on a boy they alleged smashed a window and spat at a customer at their chip shop. But can't anyone make a citizen's arrest?

The new blood is made up of plastic molecules that have an iron atom at their core, like haemoglobin, that can carry oxygen through the body. The scientists said the artificial blood could be cheap to ...