A farm in Berkshire has brought in an unusual security team to guard its newborn lambs - four alpacas.

A soldier from Kent was killed in Afghanistan when a smoke shell, meant to confuse the Taliban, hit an army compound, an inquest is told.

Lawyers acting for a Irish hospital where Savita Halappanavar died say staff will dispute claims that she was refused an abortion on religious grounds.

Baroness Thatcher, the UK's first female prime minister, continues to be remembered at home and abroad after her death at the age of 87.

Flying across the North Atlantic could get a lot more turbulent in the future if the climate changes as scientists expect, a new study suggests.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is greeted by protests in Germany and the Netherlands as he meets the leaders of both nations for trade talks.

The half-million strong Girlguiding movement has added its voice to a campaign to persuade The Sun newspaper to drop its Page Three topless pin-ups.

Men with prostate cancer and an inherited BRCA2 gene mutation have the most aggressive form of disease, research reveals.