Wales' Education Minister Leighton Andrews says plans to replace GCSEs in England with a single end-of-course exam are a "backwards step".

Our evolutionary cousins the Neanderthals were harvesting feathers from birds to use as personal ornaments, according to a new study.

A woman is charged with conspiracy to murder over the death of a 23-year-old woman found inside a burning car in Somerset.

A dog inadvertently shoots his master in the hand on a hunt in France but the huntsman blames himself for not applying the gun's safety catch.

Hassan Nasrallah. the leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah party, denounces an anti-Islam film in a rare public appearance, as protests continue in many countries.

The number of complaints made to the General Medical Council about doctors has risen 23% in the past year, the regulator says.

A French court is to rule later on a bid by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to stop the sale and distribution of topless pictures of the duchess.

Research suggests middle age starts much later than previously thought - at age 55.