I know nobody in Prague, not a soul, which is one of the main reasons I decide to move there. The last person I expect to see is myself. I always thought that the Doppelgänger only existed in Edgar Allen Poe tales. But I see mine in Prague.

Sean Rigg, a musician who died shortly after being arrested by police, had a 20-year history of mental illness.

Robin van Helsum duped police and social workers into believing that he was an abandoned child

From hip Berlin hostels to luxury luggage and Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-o-Matic ride

26-year-old had apparently embarked on a week-long project to document the homeless population in the city’s suburbs and raise awareness of their plight

Every picture tells two sides of a story

Two serving and one retired Metropolitan Police officer were arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.

As a Welsh hostel is awarded five stars, Simon Calder reports on a reinvention

Pregnant asylum seekers in Britain are at “serious risk” of developing mental and physical health problems as a result of systemic failings, a report claims.

A council is reviewing its manual records of a former local authority school as another alleged victim of Sir Cyril Smith said today he was abused by him there in 1979.

Two single mothers told a cross-party group of MPs and Peers that the state of their accommodation, frequent moves and the attitude of the private housing providers left them feeling degraded and depressed

A man who claims he was abused by the late Liberal Democrat politician Sir Cyril Smith has spoken out about the alleged ordeal - and said the Jimmy Savile affair has brought it back into the forefront of his mind.

“Nothing could prepare us for the unnecessary battle we were about to face for the next four years to find out the truth about how our brother died on the evening of Thursday 21 August 2008. It has been a roller-coaster of emotions.

Album chart-topper Newton Faulkner took his music to the streets as he busked to raise awareness of youth homelessness.