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Britain's atomic clock is the world's most accurate time keeper. A new analysis of the clock, conducted by NPL scientists and American colleagues, published in the journal Metrologia, established that it will now drop just a billionth of a second every two months.

Scientists working at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) near Geneva will know in 6 months if the god particle exists. The Higgs Boson more commonly known as the God particle is a particle or a set of particles thought to lend mass to other particles.Finding the "God particle" - a sub-atomic particle that is fundamental to understanding the nature of matter, but so elusive that, physicists quip, it can only be compared to divinity.The existence or non-existence of the God particles can be...

700,000 students across England, Wales and Northern Ireland will today receive their GCSE results.

Justice Secretary Ken Clarke will today promise to end criminals on community punishments 'sitting idle at home watching daytime television'

Phillip Seaton and wife Deborah have sued a surgeon for "loss of service, love and affection", after Mr Seaton's penis was amputated during an operation which he said was done without his consent.

The Telegraph reports that a colleague of the Red Arrows pilot, who died in a fatal air crash on Saturday, was forced to make an emergency landing after a bird struck his plane during an acrobatic display.

Theresa May says, "The way we police in Britain is through consent of communities." How much longer?

The U.S. state of Virginia has executed a 30-year-old convicted of raping and killing an elderly Virginia woman. He was killed by lethal injection on Thursday, the first inmate put to death in that state this year, the attorney general's office said.

Fashion retailer Zara is under investigation in Brazil after a local supplier accused it of using slave labour.

Organisers of Belgium's Pukkelpop festival, who booked headline acts including Eminem, Foo Fighters and the Ting Tings, have cancelled the rest of the event after five people were killed when a stage collapsed Thursday.

Despite an international outcry against violence used by the Syrian forces, President Assad has refused to step down. However a new UN report could now push for the International Criminal Court to react and start an investigation.

A French lingerie company has launched a lingerie line called "Loungerie" aimed at young girls which has been criticized over its inappropriate line of lingerie and its depictions of young girls in campaigns.

London's Metropolitan Police say they foiled riots at the Olympic site at Stratford and the Oxford Street shopping district by monitoring Blackberry Messenger services as well as Twitter, the Guardian has revealed.

The phone hacking scandal surrounding News International returned to the headlines today after Members of Parliament released a letter that claims Andy Coulson knew about phone hacking, despite his claims to the contrary.

The international charity Oxfam has launched an initiative to get Africans and their governments to donate more towards the drought and famine in the Horn of Africa as it complained the donations given by African countries so far are too small.

The Metropolitan Police are hunting a driver of a car that mowed down tow riot police in the early hours August 8 during widespread looting and rioting in Waltham Forrest, north east London.

The Guardian has revealed that the latest inflation figures released on Tuesday will see rail fares rise by 8 percent.

An exchange student from Japan is thought to be dead after being swept over Niagara Falls on Sunday night, authorities have reported.

What to do when the man behind one of the largest genocides in the history of the world refuses to stop his murderous campaign?

Obi the brave police dog who suffered horrific injuries during riots in London last week is said to be recovering well.

All those convicted of taking part in last week's riots from of looting or public order offences will be banned from shops in Manchester city centre for two years, the M.E.N reports.

Director Kathryn Bigelow has yet to create the story and cast on her movie about the capture of Osama bin Laden but the project is already stirring up controversy.

Injuries caused by dogs have increased by five percent from last year, according to provisional figures from The NHS Information Centre.

Christmas may soon need to find a new tune, as Turtle Doves are one of the UK's most endangered species, according to a new report.

The UK has seen a week of violence and destruction that has sent fear and outrage through the population of England’s major cities. Criminals tore through the streets of Birmingham, London and Manchester, causing thousands of pounds worth of damage with five people confirmed dead as the police struggle to reclaim the streets.

Grazia has admitted that it slimmed down the waist of the Duchess of Cambridge by digitally altering a controversial cover picture of her in her Alexander McQueen wedding dress.

An e-petition calling for all convicted London rioters to lose their benefits has reached more than 100,000 signatures and is the first to be referred to the Backbench Business Committee for consideration for debate by MPs.

Richard Mannington Bowes, 68, who was attacked after remonstrating with rioters in Ealing on Monday, has died in hospital Scotland Yard has announced.

Charla Nash, 57, revealed her new face in her hospital bed at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, which appears dramatically different with a new nose, lips and facial skin.