Scottish author says messages from fans since announcing he has terminal cancer leaves him 'deeply flattered and touched'

An appeals court has cleared a South African doctor of manslaughter over the death more than a decade ago of a three-year-old leukaemia patient – a case that caused a diplomatic rift between the two countries.

Doing good as a teenager used to mean mowing granny’s lawn or teaching English badly in a randomly selected  developing country. Then came the me-me millennials whose circuit-board brains helped propel them to overnight riches. Next up: a new generation that combines good intentions, Facebook entrepreneurialism and a desire to save humanity and/or the planet.

Huddlestone has started just six Premier League games over the last two seasons

Mathematical formulas can outperform doctors in forecasting patients’ responses, study claims

Chrissy Amphlett, the raunchy lead singer of the Australian rock band Divinyls whose hit "I Touch Myself" brought her international fame in the early 1990s, died at her home in New York City on Sunday. She was 53 years old.

After he had sanctioned six Indian players in 2001, his effigy was burned in the streets

Small doses of aspirin may block the growth and spread of the most virulent strains of breast cancer, research has revealed.

"That's Henry Cecil… he should have retired years ago." The words of a young trainer drifting across the Heath at Newmarket must have stung, but during Cecil's dog days in the Noughties it was not an isolated view.

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After the tragic events of Boston, Richard Whitehead readily admits he had second thoughts about this weekend’s London Marathon.

The Department of Health (DoH) has defended its record in the face of growing criticism over the number of cancer patients who are forced into financial hardship after being diagnosed with their disease.

As well as showing solidarity with Boston, the race will revive last year's feel good factor

Denness was the only Scotsman ever to captain England