SOCIETY

Violence has marred Black Friday in the United States as buyers fought each other for the top deals across the country. Thieves were also rife robbing people who are carrying large amounts of cash to make their early seasonal purchases.

Online criminals and cyber bullies are to be banned from using the internet.

TV chef Jamie Oliver has accused Education Secretary Michael Gove of “eroding” healthy school food standards.

For first-time mothers, giving birth at home is a risky choice.

Convicted paedophile Gary Glitter is free again to travel after his three-year ban came to an end, with no plans currently to renew it.

When a well-known BBC sports television presenter and spokesperson for the Green party appears on a chat show, it is fair to say you would not expect too much controversy to come from the interview. You wouldn't for example expect him to claim he was the Son of God.

Heathrow's chief operator, Norman Boivin, has warned of significant disruption and delays to passengers as a result of the planned staff pension strike on November 30.

Nando's South Africa has launched a controversial new advert featuring a host of authoritarian dictators in happier times.

Patsy Larkin from East London fell into the bath when trying to use the toilet and was knocked unconscious on the taps. When the pensioner came around he clawed at the bathroom tiles until his fingers bled, but couldn’t escape.

World's top 10 Billionaires, according to the Forbes magazine.

The unwitting father claims he was unaware his girlfriend was undergoing IVF treatment when his sperm was used to get her pregnant

Police in Pakistan have arrested a woman who killed her husband and was attempting to cook his body parts in the southern city of Karachi.

The Russian newsreader who became an internet sensation after flipping the finger at U.S. President Barack Obama live on-air, has been fired.

A pregnant Australian woman has been left childless after a medical mix-up resulted in the wrong foetus being terminated in her womb.

Many owners believe it is normal to name their cars after celebrities.

The Scotland Yard is understood to have spoken to the Civil Aviation Authority over the use of small radio controlled devices in order police the mega event.

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has spoken out against the pro-democracy uprisings in the Arab world.

JK Rowling described her desperate attempts at keeping her family life private and protecting her children from the press, at the London inquiry into press ethics and phone hacking.

Retail tycoon Sir Philip Green has sent shockwaves through the UK high street after revealing that he is to shut up to 260 stores following a massive drop in profits.

The best friend of the woman who was crushed to death at the Lava Ignite nightclub, in Northampton, has spoken out about the last time she saw her.

A British Israeli traveller is to sue airport operator BAA for racial discrimination.

London Underground bosses have, once again, been accused of disrespect after the body of a second train death victim was stored in a cleaners' cupboard.

A student from the University of Derby had to be cut free by firefighters after becoming trapped in a clothes horse for more than an hour.

Gina Robins, 31, asked to use her neighbour’s microwave oven to heat up some baby food for her son, but instead used the appliance to kill her kitten, a court heard.

Max Mosley, Ex-Formula One boss, told the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics about the News of the World's damaging Nazi lies.

Today's younger generation will trade in their cash, credit cards and cheques for mobile digital wallets by 2016, new research claims.

The Metropolitan Police under fire after a man carrying a toy gun in his briefcase was tasered nine times.

Rafiq Tagi, a writer and journalist from Azerbaijan, critical of the ex-soviet state's repressive regime and of neighbouring Iran has died in hospital after being stabbed in a brutal attack.

“D’oh”, Homer Simpson’s favourite exclamation, may well have been among the first words uttered by prehistoric human beings.