The sin-bin is the bench where all players who have committed a yellow card offence sit out of the game for 10 minutes. If the referee believes a player has committed a serious foul or shown ...

Seven years after introducing a two child per family policy, Vietnam's population control programme has become one the most effective in the world. In the late 1980s Vietnamese women had an average of ...

10 April: Port Talbot Town 1-0 Bala Town (Park Avenue, Aberystwyth) 11 April: Prestatyn Town 0-2 Bangor City (Latham Park, Newtown) ...

A former child television star who had gender realignment surgery plans to move to Los Angeles after her family was attacked. Lauren - formerly James - Harries and her family were attacked at their ...

Stoke boss Tony Pulis said he and his players were devastated after on-loan midfielder Rory Delap broke his leg in two places against Sunderland. Pulis said: "It's devastating for Rory. His tibia and ...

Like many other Middle East leaders, Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah of Kuwait was buffeted by a succession of regional and domestic crises and challenges. But he survived an assassination attempt and ...

Former Everton captain Brian Labone has died at the age of 66 after collapsing outside his Merseyside home. Labone joined Everton at 17, making 534 appearances for the Toffees in a career in which he ...

The terms "old" and "new" have been played around with in the cut and thrust of this election campaign but exactly how old are our current crop of political parties? The BBC's Elena Egawhary has taken ...

The hovercraft is to make its final journey across the Channel on Sunday after 30 years of carrying passengers to France and back. The last two hovercraft on the Channel, Princess Anne and Princess ...

Premiership footballer Lee Hughes has been jailed for six years for causing death by dangerous driving. The 28-year-old West Bromwich Albion striker had denied causing the death of father-of-four ...

Live on Sky Sports and BBC Radio Five Live, highlights on BBC ONE Former captain David Beckham has been named in the England squad for the first time since the 2006 World Cup. Coach Steve McClaren's U ...

Six men who killed a doorman and wounded three others when they tried to force their way into a nightclub have each been jailed for life. Ishfaq Ahmed, 24, was shot in the back as he attempted to stop ...