A "walking skeleton" who emerged from the Australian Outback after being lost for 10 weeks has recalled how he survived on leeches and frogs. Ricky Megee, 35, stumbled out of the bush in front of a ...

The hands to knees sit up is a good way of working your abdominal muscles. Lie on your back with your knees bent, making sure your feet are flat on the floor.

The fastest driver ever caught in a routine speed check in the UK has been sentenced to 10 weeks in jail. Timothy Brady, 33, of Earls Crescent, Harrow, north-west London, pleaded guilty at Oxford ...

Britain will settle its World War II debts to the US and Canada when it pays two final instalments before the close of 2006, the Treasury has said. The payments of $83.25m (£42.5m) to the US and US$22 ...

A bogus forensic psychologist who supplied evidence in hundreds of court cases has been jailed for five years. Gene Morrison, 48, of Hyde, was described in court as a charlatan who had tricked judges, ...

Firefighters have rescued a frightened dog which had become trapped on the window ledge of a house in Essex. They arrived at ...

Michelle Elliott, the director of charity Kidscape, which campaigns to keep children safe from harm or abuse, told BBC Five ...

A little stretch every time you do some exercise will increase your flexibility, and you will be glad of it if you have a ...

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has defended itself after it was accused of preventing police acting sooner against Muslim preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri. Earlier ...

Traditionally the full-back has always been the last line of defence. But for me the position has changed dramatically since the professional era took over. Defences are so well organised now, the ...

The top four sides (Ireland, Canada, Netherlands, Kenya) qualify for the 2011 World Cup and the top six (the aforementioned ...

Irish comedian Dave Allen, famed for his TV routines as he perched on a stool with drink and cigarette in hand, has died in his sleep aged 68. He was most famous for his TV shows Tonight With Dave ...