A long-lost Dalek episode of Doctor Who has been returned to the BBC by an engineer who rescued the film from destruction in the early 1970s. The episode of The Daleks' Master Plan, from 1965, was ...

Between December 1937 and March 1938 one of the worst massacres in modern times took place. Japanese troops captured the Chinese city of Nanjing and embarked on a campaign of murder, rape and looting.

The bleep test is used by sports coaches to estimate an athlete's VO2 Max (maximum oxygen uptake). The test is often ...

Thankfully, Uttoxeter passed the inspection and racing gets under way at 1255 at the Staffordshire course. The day's other ...

A kick that reaches touch safely can be a tremendous boost to a team under pressure. If it goes wrong though, you could end up giving the ball away to the opposition. Fail to find ...

Worried savers have continued to flock to some Northern Rock bank branches to withdraw their savings, following similar scenes over the weekend. Bank boss Adam Applegarth said people could withdraw ...

When it comes to the Haka, the northern hemisphrere is infactuated on everything about it. It involves scary faces, lots of ...

Edison Chen is to suspend his career "indefinitely" Actor and singer Edison Chen has apologised and promised to suspend his career in the aftermath of a sex photo scandal which has gripped China.

On 5 June 1981, the first case study detailing an unusual cluster of pneumonia cases among gay men alerted the world to Aids. Here are some of the key dates in the history of the illness since then.

Porto shattered Celtic's hopes of winning their first European trophy for 36 years with a dramatic Uefa Cup final victory in Seville. Martin O'Neill's side twice fought back from behind against the ...

London Marathon winner Paula Radcliffe has described her decision to answer a call of nature during the race as "an embarrassing necessity". Radcliffe had to squat by the side of the road at the ...

Tottenham have announced that they have parted company with manager Glenn Hoddle. Hoddle had been under pressure after a miserable start to the season which saw his side pick up just four points from ...