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Parents worried about their children's safety are preventing them from playing outside, leaving them unable to cope with minor accidents, says Professor Tanya Byron.

Two Dutch TV presenters were wired up to feel birth pains, but gave up after only two hours.

The number of families who contest relatives' wills leaving money to pets has risen threefold.

Survey shows that men spend longer and contact more friends abroad by phone than women, who rely more on social networks.

Brady will be replaced by Monsignor Eamon Martin in two to four years’ time.

Fashion designer was fired from Dior for saying “I love Hitler” in a Paris bar in 2011.

Botanists claim that new banknotes from the Bank of Canada show a Norwegian maple rather than the North American sugar maple native to the continent.

Oxfam says world’s 100 richest could end poverty four times over.

The thick layer of snow enveloping many parts of the UK could last for weeks, with more icy flurries expected in the next few days.

Conductor Ramesh Rajput charged with molesting schoolgirl after Mumbai police drop rape charge.

Part of amount retrieved, but rest of money and dog remain elusive.

Campaign by e-lites company comes after Advertising Standards Authority ruling on Nicolites' misleading e-cigarette claims.

CCTV shows unknown pensioner wading into freezing water.

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge received 127 presents on their first overseas tour.

Deadly package intended to kill Lemon and police officers intercepted by Strabane postal workers.

Fantasist who posed as Taliban fighter and shared terrorist propaganda on Facebook jailed for five years.

HIV protein modified to 'protect not replicate' at Queensland Institute for Medical Research.

Parents, babies and surrogate mothers all at risk of exploitation.

Fireman climbing up ladder to save child from burning building almost died after being carried away by bank of snow.

Attack by masked man follows weeks of threats amid 'civil war' at prestigious Russian ballet company.

A collection of images and photos of the snow which has swept across the UK

Marquis attacked a lesbian couple and stuck finger up woman's nose in front of school kids.

Offensive article labelling transsexual community 'bed-wetters in bad wigs' removed from website.

Bishop in Sweet Holy Spirit Church slams claims he behaved inappropriately with a minor.

An 11-year-old girl from Jakarta, Indonesia, was raped by her father and subsequently died from the trauma caused and an STD, police say.

Family of victim describe punishment handed to driver who knocked down 20-year-old student in Birmingham as ‘insulting’.

Murderer Gleason who boasted 'Only way to stop me is to kill me' gets electric chair in Virginia. His last words were "kiss my ass"

Wales worst hit by snowfall as airports in southern England close and cancel flights.

Archeologists have failed to find any of the 140 planes reportedly buried in the Myanmar jungle.