Doctors in England effectively froze a 16-week-old baby for four days to cure a potentially fatal heart defect.

Members of a UK 'Happy Slapping' gang have admitted killing a retired care worker in front of his young granddaughter.

Lord Saville's 12-year inquiry into 'Bloody Sunday' delivered the vindication that the people of Derry had been denied.

Julien Macdonald, who is also a judge on Britain's Next Top Model, insists catwalk models should be "size six to eight".

Britain is set to avoid a double-dip recession.

This is a fact - something I believe the way I believe I will die if there's no oxygen. Curiously, I also know it's not true, writes Stuart Dye.

One of Britain's best-known soldiers has mocked claims of post-traumatic stress disorder among the armed forces.

Golden Shears champion Cam Ferguson has claimed first place at the Royal Cornwall Open in England.

Monteith's Golden Lager has taken out the top title at the competition in London.

Another New Zealand motorcyclist has been killed in the Isle of Man TT event.

Kabul/Houston - British Prime Minister David Cameron offered on Thursday to help deal with BP Plc's Gulf of Mexico oil spill, saying he would take it up with US President Barack Obama, as the beleaguered company's shares rebounded from 14-year lows.

Scientists found the least anxious study participants healed twice as fast as those who were most stressed.

The Independent's Nick Duerden wonders why the UK has such different views on children in restaurants to the rest of Europe.

Scientists have discovered the first significant link between autism and DNA.

A guilt-ridden English grandmother saved her four greyhounds but left her young grandson asleep upstairs when her house caught fire.