What do the Beatles, James Bond and the Titanic have to do with curling? And how did George Clooney get hooked on the sport?

Opponents of the plan to share medical records on a giant database are "peddling scaremongering myths", medical research organisations say.

Three-time major winner Padraig Harrington reveals that he has had skin cancers removed from his face.

UK interest rates are likely to rise for the first time since the financial crisis in the spring of 2015, one Bank of England policy maker says.

Three men aged 88, 92 and 94 are detained by German authorities on suspicion of being guards at the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.

Women should be asked what they want when it comes to sport, to get more taking part and to close the gender gap, says the sports minister.

Most train passengers are unaware of their rights to compensation after cancellations or delays, the rail regulator says.

The Foreign Secretary, William Hague, has said that the situation in Ukraine is "utterly unacceptable and indefensible".