Greek wildfires continue to spread

Massive wildfires raging north of Athens are spreading despite a lull in the gales that have been fanning them.Read

Scientists make MS breakthrough

Scientists have taken a major step forward in understanding how to reduce the severity of multiple sclerosis, a university has claimed.Read

Man charged over footballer attack

A 25-year-old man has been charged in connection with a knife attack on West Ham United footballer Calum Davenport.Read

Boy dies after being hit by train

A teenage boy died after falling from a bridge onto a railway track and being hit by a train.Read

Children 'strung up boy from tree'

A gang of children as young as seven put a rope around a boy's neck and strung him up from a tree, the victim's mother said.Read

Children 'hung young boy from tree'

A gang of children as young as seven put a rope around a boy's neck and strung him up from a tree, the victim's mother said.Read

Care for MD sufferers 'inadequate'

The NHS is failing people with muscle-wasting disorders such as muscular dystrophy (MD), MPs and peers have claimed.Read

Residents flee as wildfires rage on

A partial drop in gale-force winds has offered hard-pressed Greek firefighters a brief respite from the wildfires which have raged for two days north of Athens.Read

Hedgehog joke 'funniest of Fringe'

The funniest joke at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been revealed: "Hedgehogs. Why can't they just share the hedge?"Read

Fifth of honeybees died last winter

Nearly a fifth of the UK's honeybee colonies died last winter, figures from the British Beekeepers' Association (BBKA) has revealed.Read

Murder hunt reality TV star dead

Fugitive murder suspect Ryan Jenkins has been found dead in a motel in a motel from an apparent suicide, Canadian police said.Read

Strikes looming as disputes worsen

The Government is facing an autumn of discontent by tens of thousands of workers in worsening disputes over jobs, pay and services.Read

Confidence 'signals recession end'

A record recovery in business confidence signals the UK recession "is at an end", an industry body has said.Read

England celebrating Ashes victory

England's cricket heroes are likely to be waking with sore heads after a night spent celebrating their Ashes victory over Australia.Read

MacAskill faces MSPs over Lockerbie

The Scottish Justice Secretary is to face his peers to defend the controversial decision to free the only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing.Read

Funniest joke of Fringe revealed

The funniest joke at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been revealed: "Hedgehogs. Why can't they just share the hedge?"Read

Oxygen cure test on cancer patients

An oxygen treatment given to divers with the "bends" is to be tried out on cancer patients suffering side effects of radiotherapy.Read

Brief respite as wildfires rage on

A partial drop in gale-force winds has offered hard-pressed Greek firefighters a brief respite from the wildfires which have raged for two days north of Athens.Read

Deprived areas 'more hit by crime'

The Government has been accused by the Tories of failing the country's poorest communities after releasing evidence that the most deprived areas were the hardest hit by crime.Read

Deprived areas 'hardest hit'

The Government has been accused by the Tories of failing the country's poorest communities after releasing evidence that the most deprived areas were the hardest hit by crime.Read

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