A Birmingham magistrate and his former partner have been jailed for the murder of a two –year-old girl, who died of septic shock after being forced under a scalding hot shower. Rashpal Chana and the Kristiana...

Women who are expecting children next year will no longer be able to go to Birmingham Women’s Hospital. The city hospital was force to close its maternity unit after under-staffing had proved to be problematic. A...

A Birmingham mother, convicted of starving her seven year old daughter, has lost her bid to shorten her sentence. Khyra Ishaq was beaten and left hungry by her mother Angela Gordan and her partner Junaid Abuhamza...

The House of Commons yesterday played host to one of India’s greatest spiritual leaders, as His Holiness Brahmrishi Shree Kumar Swamiji, was honoured by politicians,   campaigners and his peers late last month. The private reception, which...

When we think of intelligence agencies, we often think of James Bond and Mission Impossible films. But despite scenes of debonair locations, Amazonian women and bottles of the most expensive Champaign, being a spy is not...

By William Walker Two giant pandas, Tian Tian (‘sweetness’) and Yuan Guang (‘sunshine’), arrived at Edinburgh Zoo from China this month, following five years of planning and preparation. The endangered species has not made its way...

By William Walker Burma has had a troubled history: from intense civil war, successive invasion from both Eastern and Western powers, colonial dominance by the British to the brutal oppressiveness of the military junta. But all...

Those who had Nepal on the honeymoon list but saw it fall to second place can finally visit it…online. A Singapore company has transformed the stunning country into a 3D paradise. The online tour, called Third...

Margaret Thatcher famously said that she only needed four hours of sleep a night and German scientists believe they have found the reason behind it. Karla Allebrandt and her team from the Ludwig Maxmilians University of...

Israel has decided to release millions of dollars in tax revenues, which it had sanctioned from the Palestinian Authority since last month. The country stopped giving money to Palestine on 1 November, following the Palestinians membership...