Darren Bent has revealed his religious faith has helped him cope with missing out on England's Euro 2012 squad through injury.

Professional body piercer Dave Hurban is a man attached to his iPod. Literally.

An online ad featuring Ashton Kutcher as an Indian man has been pulled off-line after viewers called it racist.

Tattoo parlours should be rated according to their hygiene standards in the same way as restaurants and takeaways, health experts have said.

Rating system put forward amid warning over risk of HIV and hepatitis infections

With 1.5 million Britons getting one each year, it's not the sign of rebellion it once was, discovers Sarah Morrison at the UK's biggest inking show

The baby fringe has been making waves of late sported by everyone from the actress of the moment, Rooney Mara, to rising music star Grimes. Lucia Davies explains why we should all be reaching for the scissors

As George Zimmerman is charged over the death of a black teenager, Guy Adams examines the simmering racial tensions in Sanford, Florida

Cheryl Cole has told Marie Claire magazine that she'd love to marry Prince Harry

The Millennium Tour on the central island of Sodermalm in Stockholm takes in the various haunts of cyber-goth Lisbeth Salander and her ally, the investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist. Presumably, the tour doesn't include the riper, kinkier and more distressing elements of Larsson's hugely successful (over 60 million readers) crime trilogy? "No, not really," says Sara Claesson, somewhat anticlimactically. Instead, the head of communications for the tour emphasises the appeal of Salander. "She is so 'Pippi Longstocking', a very famous character from a Swedish children's book by Astrid Lindgren," maintains Claesson. "She's obstinate, small, smart and strong."

If you were looking for some ready money, what would you do? Root among sofa cushions? Head to Cash Converters for a spot of soft-core pawn? Sign away a slice of your soul to Wonga.com? If you're feeling shameless, you could always convince strangers to come up with the readies for you with a bit of virtual pan-handling.

I like my boss. She brings home-cooked snacks into the office to share. She is funny. Of course, I would say that in print, but it's true.

Medical drama House will not be resuscitated after the current season, Fox said yesterday, which means one thing – Hugh Laurie will be looking for something unlikely to do.