The father of a young protester who was killed during the crackdown on the 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square has hanged himself after more than 20 years of seeking justice for his son, a human rights group said yesterday.

Two workmen were taken to hospital following a fire at a factory.

Just as dealers yesterday were preparing to head off to the pub, up popped an announcement from Tullow Oil. If there was any annoyance on trading desks at the lateness of the statement, then they could console themselves with the fact that the blue-chip explorer's day wasn't exactly going to plan.

The unseasonably fine weather sent temperatures soaring again today, making the UK hotter than parts of Europe and Africa.

Riot police helped a mother regain custody of her 8-year-old daughter today in a tragic case that has riveted Lithuania for three years and led to three deaths.

In the 2004 film Night at the Museum, Ben Stiller’s security guard was in for quite a shock when the exhibited T-Rex skeleton sprang to life and began to chase him around the building.

The hosepipe bans have not been lifted just yet, but river levels are returning to normal

A fire caused by explosions in one of the world's largest petrochemical industrial estates has killed 12 and injured more than 100 people in eastern Thailand.

The two-year drought affecting much of England was easing after the past month of exceptionally heavy rain, the Environment Agency said yesterday – but it was still too soon to expect a lifting of hosepipe bans.

A man and his dog drowned after his car was hit by a 5ft wall of water as figures confirmed the wettest April on record.

Dodgy doctors, alien DNA, overly-powerful corporations and lone heroes are the order of the day in Prototype 2.

It's easy enough to make a jacket water-resistant. But what about a shoe, a hearing aid or even a paper tissue? Hal Hodson meets the researchers taking waterproofing into the future

Take a trip to the urban rainforest in the boots of Crysis 3's Prophet.

As the UN team drove out of the Damascus suburb of Douma yesterday, regime tanks were said to have rolled in – offering another indication that President Bashar al-Assad is adopting a strategy of brutal mass punishment for those who turn out to show observers their discontent with the regime.