Deputy Children’s Commissioner says senior child protection figures said the issue was of the victims' own making

Kim Sengupta hears how a group he saw as moderates has been pushed to extremes

Group says new rules on housing benefit breach human rights

Richard Swanson was attempting to trek 10,000 to promote a charity

A carpet fitter who smothered his frail mother to death after she threatened to write him out of her will has been jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 18 years.

The Swede replaced Charles van Commenee last October

From her late mother, Angelina Jolie inherited the acting bug and a commitment to humanitarian causes. But as the Oscar-winning actress explained in the New York Times, she also inherited a “faulty” gene, which dramatically increased her risk of breast and ovarian cancers.

The search engine Google is celebrating the 150th birthday of visionary toy maker Frank Hornby, whose model railways, Meccano sets and Dinky toys are still being played with by children today.

It's just an excuse to laugh at poor people and farting

A new novel out?

After taxes, the richest 10 per cent earned 9.5 times the income of the poorest 10 per cent in 2010

David Cameron plans to use Britain’s presidency of the G8 leading industrialised nations to spearhead a new international drive to boost dementia research.

At present, marriages are only legal if they are conducted by religious or civic officials

It is essential that sexually exploited children have the confidence to put their faith in the criminal justice system. This verdict marks an important step forward