A 16-year-old has set out to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone.

Two men today appeared in court charged with the murder of a man who was stabbed in his home.

A city councillor has been expelled from the Conservative Party after making offensive remarks about rape at a meeting.

A judge criticised a social department today for ignoring pleas from a child psychiatrist who said an 11-year-old boy needed to be taken into care.

Mike Perham battled 50ft waves and months of loneliness to become the youngest person to sail round the world alone

Portsmouth have signed Watford striker Tommy Smith on a four-year contract, for an undisclosed fee.

The Japanese car maker Nissan has raised its UK production plans by about 5 per cent and added 150 temporary workers as European scrappage schemes boost demand.

An eclectic touring show takes a long, hard look at 500 years of inequality in British society. Politicians could learn a thing or two from these straight-talking artists, says Tom Lubbock

They were the first-time voters of 1979, the people who came of age politically as the country acquired its first female prime minister. We asked eight people who turned 18 that year what they thought their vote might bring and how they regard the Baroness now

Neighbours of a woman who ended up in court for her noisy love-making were savouring peace and quiet today after she was locked up accused of breaking her anti-social behaviour order.

Comprehensives should take equal numbers of pupils across all abilities

Secondary School Tables 2009

Car giant Nissan is to axe 1,200 jobs in the wake of the economic slowdown which has hit the motor industry hard and led to sales slumping, the car giant announced today.