The combination of music and study has long been a bone of contention between adults and children. Parents and teachers alike maintain that silence is golden when learning. Youngsters insist that ...

Grandparents are to be given time off work to help out with a birth in the family, in a radical move by one of Britain's biggest employers. Asda says it wants to improve the working conditions of ...

Are diamonds NOT forever? Why more people are choosing stunning colored gems for engagement rings as value (and uniqueness) of traditional sparklers begins to fade... Ad Feature Jennifer Garner ...

When their 15-year-old daughter Vicky left home to move in with a shaven-headed, lesbian convict, Sue and David Osborne begged her to think again. She insisted that she was in love with 17-year ...

Coronation Street crimper Maxine Peacock will get the longed-for news that she is finally pregnant - but joy turns to despair when she realises she is not quite sure who the father is. After ...

Mothers who return to work after their baby is born risk causing serious damage to the child's prospects in later life, researchers revealed yesterday. Such children are more likely to do worse at ...

When someone dreams about clothes, the feelings surrounding the dream are usually associated with the dreamer's feelings about him or herself. In your dream you mention taking clothes on and off ...

BBC1's MI5 drama Spooks has become the latest television show to spark complaints after featuring controversial scenes. More than 100 viewers complained when a leading character was killed off ...

Student Heather Tell was strangled moments after desperately trying to call her father on her mobile phone for help as she was being attacked, a court heard yesterday. The 17-year-old, who had ...

Ten staff were killed in the attack on the British consulate in Istanbul, the Foreign Office has announced. The 10 were all Turkish or British. Two Turkish policemen who were guarding the building ...

A gangway on the world's largest passenger ship, the Queen Mary 2, collapsed killing at least 11 people and injuring 20 others, fire officials said. Dozens of people were reportedly on the ...

Coronation Street fans last night saw Toyah Battersby's rapist unveiled as her friend Phil Simmonds. Millions tuned in to see the dramatic climax to the tense storyline which saw Toyah, played by ...