The study suggests that at one point there may have been only 2,000 individuals alive as our species teetered on the brink. This means that, for a while, humanity was in a perilous state, vulnerable ...

A record 582,000 people came to live in the UK from elsewhere in the world in 2004, according to government experts. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that 223,000 more people came ...

The four convicted 21 July plotters were "dedicated terrorists", the UK's top anti-terror officer has said. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke praised members ...

A diplomatic hideaway in the south of England, scene of decades of international deals, is marking its 60th anniversary - quietly. Wilton Park began as part of Churchill's post-war peace initiative ...

She was lover of the Prince of Wales - a strong influence on him and a humiliation for his wife. And she was Camilla Parker Bowles's great-grandmother. Alice Keppel had the "sexual morals of an alley ...

Archaeologists in Egypt say they have discovered what might be the oldest human footprint ever found. The outline was found imprinted in mud, which has since turned to stone, at Siwa oasis in the ...

The sugar found in fruit such as apples and oranges can be converted into a new type of low-carbon fuel for cars, US scientists have said. The fuel, made from fructose, contains far more energy than ...

Heather Fell failed to overturn a 19-second deficit in the 3,000m run of the modern pentathlon but the Briton won silver behind German Lena Schoneborn. Fell began the final of the five events in ...

Neath will kick-off the defence of their Principality Premiership title on Saturday, 1 September when they host Bridgend at ...

Liverpool and Netherlands winger Ryan Babel should be fit for the start of next season despite missing Euro 2008 with an ankle injury. Babel tore ligaments in training on Saturday, but Dutch coach ...

Houston Astros' late dash for Major League Baseball's play-offs has been halted by the advance of Hurricane Ike. Having won 14 of their last 15 games, the Astros called off Friday and Saturday's games ...

The Inca citadel, 2,400 metres (7,782 feet) high in the Andes, was being used in the ad for Cusquena beer by US publicity firm J Walter Thompson when a crane smashed into a centuries-old granite sun ...