If a man without a woman is like a fish without a bicycle, as the feminist slogan has it, can the behaviour of our aquatic ancestors teach us anything about human relations?

At 14, Dorothy left home, preferring the violence of the streets. She tells Jonathan Brown how a charity changed her world

Our writer gauges the reaction in Haltwhistle, the country's geographic centre

More than three-quarters of British-grown oysters contain norovirus, new research has found.

Sales are rising thanks to the discovery of a kinder – and sustainable – method of harvesting the fish roe

Defending champion Roger Federer maintained his perfect record at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals this year with a 6-1 3-6 6-3 victory over Mardy Fish at the O2 Arena.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga boosted his chances of reaching the semi-finals of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals with a 7-6 (7/4) 6-1 victory over Mardy Fish this afternoon.

Rafael Nadal had warned before the start of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals that the conditions suited him less than all his main rivals, but the 25-year-old Spaniard is unlikely to have envisaged an almighty struggle to beat the rank outsider in the eight-man field at these season-ending championships.

My earliest food memory... Cooking Thanksgiving dinner in Seattle when I was nine years old. I might have helped my mother make cookies before, but that was the first time I discovered you could actually cook whole [meals] and there were books that would tell you how to do it. I did the whole thing myself – the turkey, the stuffing, the potatoes, the cranberry sauce... The reaction to it was reasonably positive, though by my standards now, it wasn't very good.

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There's no such thing as a sure thing - especially not in League Two - but you'd have to search far and wide to find a selection that ticks so many boxes as Southend to beat Dagenham & Redbridge at Victoria Road on Saturday.

A young care home worker walked free today after a jury failed to reach a verdict on whether she killed an elderly resident by setting fire to her room.

If you missed the appearance, here it is in full. The committee: "They said you were lying." James Murdoch: "They're lying." Eight years ago, Chris Bryant MP asked a pertinent question of Rebekah Brooks, or Wade as she was at the time, and – by accident – she told him the truth. They have learnt that lesson well, at News International.