Researchers have found that the gene for starch-digesting saliva may have first duplicated more than 800,000 years ago.

A boy has been stabbed in the middle of the afternoon in south-east London. Metropolitan Police officers were called to the scene in Broadway, Bexleyheath, at 3.31pm on Thursday and found the boy, who ...

Troops appear to have run across him in a battle, only to discover afterwards that a body in the rubble was the man Israel ...

Former One Direction member Liam Payne died of multiple traumas and “internal and external haemorrhage”, as a result of a fall from the balcony of a hotel’s third-floor, a post-mortem examination ...

A man and two women have been remanded in custody over the death of a 23-month-old child in Co Tyrone. Tavia Da Costa is believed to have died on Sunday just weeks before her second birthday. Strabane ...

The number of people dying in or after police custody in England and Wales has been described as “extremely concerning” as figures show more than half had mental health problems. The Independent ...

Three new Suffolk magistrates have been sworn in at a ceremony at Ipswich Crown Court. Congratulating Martin O'Brien, Gary Morgan and Stephen Gallant, Judge Martyn Levett said: "Each of you has been ...

Playing video games may make you smarter but regular exercise does not, scientists have said. Researchers found gamers scored better on memory, attention and reasoning skills compared to those who did ...

The Social Security Advisory Committee admonished the Government for not providing an impact assessment of its plan to scrap the universal payment.

Campaigners fighting plans to route cables through the Suffolk countryside are "encouraged" that archaeological investigations will ...

Pupils from Chelmondiston Church of England Primary School collected 20 bags of rubbish when they took part in a beach clean at Pin Mill.

Controversial plans for almost 60 new homes in a Suffolk village have been recommended for approval. Persimmon Homes plans for 59 homes on land to the west of Ixworth Road in Thurston will go before ...