National / International News

Newport should become a district of Cardiff to do better economically, billionaire Sir Terry Matthews tells BBC Wales.

Deaths from the disease have increased by 68 percent between 2000 and 2010. One reason: We're living longer, and deaths from other causes, like heart disease and prostate cancer, are going down.

» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

Deaths from the disease have increased by 68 percent between 2000 and 2010. One reason: We're living longer, and deaths from other causes, like heart disease and prostate cancer, are going down.

» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

Vladimir Tretchikoff's original painting of the Chinese Girl, believed to be the world's most reproduced print, is to go on sale in London.

A union criticises the standard of care offered by some new front line ambulance staff.

Wales’ triumphant Six Nations finale is set to give the champions the largest contingent on the Lions tour of Australia

Papers have plenty to say on press regulation

A website which allows patients to rate the care they have received on the NHS is being formally supported by the Scottish government.

Primary schools around Northern Ireland will learn if they have been earmarked for closure.

Marijuana-scented scratch cards are to be posted to households in England in a bid to detect illegal cannabis farms.

Banking giant HSBC, which was hit with a US fine for money laundering last year, is facing fresh accusations of illegal activity in Argentina.

Basic care for the elderly in hospitals and care homes in England is still not good enough, the regulator says.

Isolated water voles in London are given miniature ladders to encourage them to venture further afield.

Syria's opposition coalition names Ghassan Hitto, an IT expert who spent decades in the US, prime minister to head a government for rebel-held areas.

Ghassan Hitto is a naturalized U.S. citizen who until recently lived in Texas. He's expected to pick a Cabinet in the next two to four weeks.

» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

The Electoral Commission ministers for believing that "simply holding" police and crime commissioner elections was enough to inspire people to vote.

At least 20 people are killed in landslides in a mountainous area north of Rio de Janeiro, after heavy rains.

How easy is it to accidentally do a Nazi salute?

John Simpson on the memory that won't leave him

The story of Sechele, African chief and Dr Livingstone's 'only' convert, is as fascinating as that of the missionary himself.