I'm in the Ardèche for a holiday with family and assorted friends. I haven't worn shoes for 10 days and am growing a beard that is turning out to be unnervingly grey. All is good … well almost all.

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros.

It is designed to help users sleep better, exercise more effectively and stay away from unhealthy food

A serial offender has been sentenced to house arrest by a Milan court – even though he is homeless.

Inconsistent bedtimes associated with lower reading, maths and spatial awareness scores in study of three year olds

Australia captain James Horwill watched the Tour de France during a sleepless night spent agonising over whether he would be permitted to lead the Wallabies in Saturday's series decider against the British and Irish Lions.

Contact with a wall, a telegraph pole or a traffic sign is usually fatal

<b>Obama appoints Rice to top security job</b>

The endorsement of Nike’s latest hi-tech, wearable exercise gadget by Apple boss Tim Cook as his favoured fashion accessory will no doubt help propel sales of the Fuelband. Will Dean takes a closer look at £129 device to see if it really sheds the pounds

The American soldier accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians, most of them women and children, as they slept in villages adjacent to an army outpost in Kandahar province early last year is to plead guilty at a hearing next week in an attempt to stave off the death penalty, his lawyer said.

Jurors hearing a lawsuit against concert giant AEG Live LLC have been shown emails in which top company executives expressed fears about Michael Jackson's health and the amount of time they had to get the singer prepared for his ill-fated series of comeback tours.

It’s one of those secrets that’s whispered between parents behind hands; something you never, ever, tell a health professional

They told us that a child on its back could choke on its own vomit and die - scary stuff, so we did as we were told, even though babies have slept on their backs for millennia

Depressed people live in parallel time zone, scientists find