Leaked emails point to lavish, insulated lifestyle of Bashar and Asma al-Assad while bloody crackdown continued around them.
Supermarket giant changes staff retirement rules to plug £275m hole in pension scheme funds.
Retired high court judge Sir Gordon Langley investigates better protection for postal workers.
Handcuffed David Coffey's beating at hands of warder David Monell captured on film.
Trio of unlikely winners beat off 22 other towns including Reading, Huddersfield and Wrexham.
Tony McCluskie accused of murder after headless and limbless body discovered in London canal.
Texas mother did not notice birthday girl missing until she woke up day after visit to Chuck E Cheese diner.
Zoltan Kohari has taken it on himself to patrol the streets in his home-made superhero costume.
Greg Smith publishes scathing resignation letter condemning venal attitude at bank where clients were referred to as muppets.
Advertising Blunder For iPad 3 by Tesco
Jobless numbers increase by 28,000 to 17-year high of 2.67 million.
Former News International CEO, husband Charlie Brooks and NI security boss Mark Hanna among six bailed.
As readers and writers take fight against cuts to library service to rally in Westminster, IBTimes UK says why libraries matter.
A tsunami warning has been issued as a strong earthquake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, hit the northern parts of Japan Wednesday evening.
Student who set up TVShack faces 10 years in prison in US on copyright charges.
Twelve-year-old schoolgirl from Basildon died in tragic accident during PE lesson.
Dealer jailed for 10 years after police swoop nets £4m high-purity cocaine and stun gun disguised as mobile phone.
Twenty-two children among the dead after a bus crashed into the wall of a tunnel on way home from Swiss skiing holiday.
Eating too much junk food can affect the quality of the sperm count, according to a study.
First ladies turn heads at mini-Olympics while David Cameron and Barack Obama bond at basketball.
A minor storm has broken out on the BBC website after Samira Ahmed wrote a piece on the enduring popularity of the game Warhammer 40,000, which has just marked its 25th year in existence. With over 600 comments already (and still counting) it seems an odd subject for a raging debate but that is what seems to have happened.
Brook House students from disadvantaged backgrounds encouraged with replica of Britain's top universities.
Pedro Pimentel Rios jailed for role in special forces slaughter of 201 Guatemalan villagers.
Claire Gray posted knife threat on Facebook before killing Ashley Gray in row over cigarette.
London 2012 Olympics may have women athletes from all nations as Saudi kingdom looks set to lift ban.
The magic mirror lets you check sample outfits from various retailers all in one place.
Child sex offenders volunteer for controversial drug treatment to block their libidos.
An antidepressant tablet when combined with all-trans retinoic acid, a vitamin A derivation, cancer can be cured.
Police confirm six further arrests by officers from Metropolitan Police's Weeting Inquiry into media phone hacking.
The Queen Attends the Commonwealth Day Observance Service at Westminster Abbey in London