A new study has found that nearly a fifth of sexually active teenage girls have been pregnant at least once before reaching the age of 18.
A Conservative MP intent on banning the burka and the niqab in Britain has said that he refuses to deal with women wearing the garments if they visit him at his surgery.
The coalition government seems to have set its sights on the BBC license fee as the rest of the public sector faces the prospect of stringent budget cuts.
A second Facebook page has been set up in tribute to the murderer Raoul Moat after an initial tribute page was taken down following condemnation from Prime Minister David Cameron.
Over 300 people have been arrested in the southern Italian region of Calabria in a series of mass raids aimed at breaking the local mafia.
One in five people living in Britain will be from an ethnic minority by 2051, according to research from the University of Leeds.
Raoul Moat, the gunman who has been on the run from police for almost a week has died after shooting himself, following a six-hour stand off with the police, which lasted into the early hours of this morning.
Three men accused of being members of al-Qaeda have been arrested in Norway for plotting terrorist attacks.
English Heritage has said that the recession has slowed down the work of saving historic buildings and has added that greater effort into preserving the nation's history would help promote tourism and aid economic recovery.
A report from the Higher Education Policy Institute has shown men graduating from university are finding it significantly harder to find a job than women graduates, but are likely to be paid more if they do.
The FA has confirmed that Fabio Capello will remain as manager of the England football team, despite a poor performance at the World Cup which saw them win only one in four games and crash out in the last 16 in a 4-1 defeat to Germany.
Leaders of many of Britain's trades unions have been branded "hypocritical" by the TaxPayers' Alliance after it published a "Trade Union Rich List" that revealed many firebrand union leaders were paid more than £100,000 in 2008-09.
Top staff at Transport for London have declined bonuses for this year and the organisation has said that it has continued with its pay freeze for top staff for the second year running.
British author and polemicist Christopher Hitchens has been forced to cancel stops on a tour to promote his new autobiography "Hitch-22" after announcing that he has throat cancer.
The favourite to replace Fabio Capello, Harry is currently manager of Tottenham Hotspurs where he has led them into the Champions League and FA Cup final in one season after narrowly avoiding relegation. With widespread public support, Harry has to be the choice candidate given his vast experience in the domestic game and popularity amongst English players. The Football Association, which has given Capello two weeks - will assume responsibility for deciding what course of action to put before ...
England are confident of victory in their upcoming match against arch-rivals Germany, which is due to kick off at 15:00 this Sunday in the last 16 of the World Cup.
The power of arch-wrecker Bob Crow, leader of the RMT union, seems to be waning after a strike initiated today led to "no significant disruption" on the London underground.
Four British soldiers were killed in a "vehicle incident" yesterday near Gereshk in Helmand province, the Ministry of Defence has announced.
England have qualified for the last 16 of the World Cup in South Africa after a superb goal from Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe.
England are set to qualify for the last 16 of the World Cup in South Africa after a superb goal from Tottenham strike Jermain Defoe.
Five British men have failed in their attempt to avoid extradition to Greece where they face charges of grievous bodily harm to professional footballer Rob Hughes.
The Trades Union Congress has called on employers across the country to allow their workers to watch England play their final deciding match of the group stages of the World Cup.
The number of British servicemen and women killed in Afghanistan since the invasion in 2001 has reached 300, following the death a royal marine who was injured in an explosion on 12 June this year.
The dark side of Britain's multicultural society was on full display yesterday when clashes erupted between Islamic extremists and anti-Muslim groups at a homecoming parade for British soldiers in the London borough of Barking and Dagenham.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is to visit the scene of last week's mass shootings in Cumbria, which resulted in the deaths of 13 people, including the killer.
Two students from Britain have died in a road accident in South Africa a day before the football World Cup is due to start in the African nation.
London's underground system is set to brought to a standstill yet again this summer after Tube maintenance workers at the RMT union voted over 90 per cent in favour of strike action.
