BBC News explains the northern town riots of 2001, what happened and the reasons why they happened. What were the northern town riots? In the summer of 2001, a number of northern towns in England ...

David Bingham, Paul Ritchie and Barry Wilson celebrate Inverness Caledonian Thistle cruised into the final of the Bell's Cup ...

Three men have been jailed for life after they were found guilty of the racially-motivated murder of white Glasgow teenager Kriss Donald. Faisal Mushtaq, 27, Zeeshan Shahid, 28, and his brother Imran ...

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A man in Manchester may have made legal history in the UK after being acquitted of murdering his father because he was sleepwalking at the time. He was found not guilty due to insanity and sent to a ...

Mr Shaw upset his wife when he announced over the air that he would leave her and their two young children for Ms Marsh. The item description for the car on eBay read: "I need to get rid of this car ...

Actor Jack Wild, who played The Artful Dodger in 1968 film Oliver!, has died at the age of 53. Wild was nominated for an Oscar when he was just 16 for the role. He also starred in late-1960s US ...

Wyatt, who has had a fine season with the Scarlets, would probably have returned to the squad regardless, but a training ...

Soon after, Alessandro Rosina shot home a second goal from 20 yards as Italy extended their 100% record. The young Scots have ...

It is probably the most painful of all the track events. The race takes place over 1km (that is four laps of the track) for ...

More than 15,000 Standard Life customers were put at risk of fraud after a courier lost a computer disk containing personal information. The data was on a computer disk sent from the HMRC National ...

British sprinter Dwain Chambers has been banned from competition for two years after being found guilty of taking the anabolic steroid THG. Chambers, the European 100m champion, will also be prevented ...