In 1886 the Hockey Association was established in London. The sport was introduced to many countries by the British army and the first international match was held in 1895. At first hockey was ...

Armed robbers have stolen the iconic Edvard Munch painting, The Scream, from the Munch Museum in Norway. Two masked thieves pulled the work and another painting, Madonna, off the wall as stunned ...

Russian explorers have planted their country's flag on the seabed 4,200m (14,000ft) below the North Pole to further Moscow's claims to the Arctic. The rust-proof titanium metal flag was brought by ...

Capsaicin was tested on cultures of human lung cancer cells and on pancreatic cancers. Lead researcher Dr Timothy Bates said: "As these compounds attack the very heart of the tumour cells, we believe ...

But if play runs over because of a rain delay or a slow over rate, then it could be hell's bells instead of wedding bells for Nel. Talk about bowling a maiden over. The poor girl will feel like she ...

Think tank the Social Market Foundation has warned that two million homes will have to be built on green belt sites to meet government plans to tackle the housing shortage. Green belt is a planning ...

Investigations are continuing into what caused a massive fire that destroyed a leading computer science research unit at the University of Southampton. Gas canisters exploded inside the Mountbatten ...

A man in Manchester may have made legal history in the UK after being acquitted of murdering his father because he was sleepwalking at the time. He was found not guilty due to insanity and sent to a ...

It is probably the most painful of all the track events. The race takes place over 1km (that is four laps of the track) for ...

Mr Shaw upset his wife when he announced over the air that he would leave her and their two young children for Ms Marsh. The item description for the car on eBay read: "I need to get rid of this car ...

Wyatt, who has had a fine season with the Scarlets, would probably have returned to the squad regardless, but a training ...

John Profumo, who was at the centre of one of the UK's most famous political scandals, has died at the age of 91. John Profumo's public life was dramatically split into two parts: disgrace and ...