Two Cumbrian friends have come up with an invention they claim could help consumers save thousands of pounds in energy bills.

Czech Republic defender David Rozehnal is keen for a move to Newcastle United, according to his representatives. The 26-year-old's club Paris St Germain have yet to hold direct talks with the Magpies, ...

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Turkish shepherds watched in horror as hundreds of their sheep followed each other over a cliff, say Turkish newspaper reports. First one sheep went over the cliff edge, only to be followed by the ...

It is the story that just rumbles on and on. Twelve years have passed since the Lancet medical journal published research linking autism with the MMR vaccine. But, as Dr Andrew Wakefield's General ...

The authorities in six German states have ordered retailers to stop selling Red Bull Cola energy drinks after traces of cocaine were found in it. The recall came after a sample analysis conducted in ...

A wooden object claimed to be a replica of the Biblical Ark of the Covenant has gone on display at a Zimbabwe museum. The "ngoma lungundu" belongs to the Lemba people - black Africans who claim Jewish ...

Text message analysis is becoming a powerful tool in solving crime cases. In February 2008, linguistic evidence contributed to the conviction of David Hodgson in the murder of Jenny Nicholl. The case ...

A survey of more than 1,000 men in India has concluded that condoms made according to international sizes are too large for a majority of Indian men. The study found that more than half of the men ...

The joint offensive in central Helmand involves American, Canadian, British, Danish and Estonian forces. Nato says Afghan forces have been closely involved in planning, and are playing a central role ...

South African white supremacist leader Eugene Terreblanche has been killed on his farm in the country's north-west. Mr Terreblanche, 69, was beaten to death by two farm workers after a dispute over ...

Malcolm McLaren, the former manager of punk group the Sex Pistols, has died in Switzerland aged 64. McLaren, the ex-partner of designer Vivienne Westwood, was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer last ...