As the world went to sleep on 13 February 2013, they mostly had one image of Oscar Pistorius: an against-the-odds inspiration and, occasional moments of bad sportsmanship aside, a top athlete. The previous summer, the "Blade Runner" bagged three ...

A fresh round of heavy wind, rain, and now snow, is beginning to wreak havoc across Britain. The news comes as around 56,000 households remain without power after gusts of up to 108mph battered parts of the country in the "Wild Wednesday" storms, ...

Belgium has become the first country in the world to allow euthanasia for any age group, after its parliament backed amendments to the existing law which would in very rare cases permit doctors to help end the life of a terminally ill child. Paediatricians and ...

A man is renting out his iPhone 5 for $1 (0.60p) a minute to Flappy Bird users desperate to continue playing the game, after its creator pulled it from online stores. Over the past few days hundreds of smartphones installed with the addictive game have gone on ...

Don't get in a flap if you've missed out on the latest maddeningly addictive computer game featuring our feathered friends. Dong Nguyen, Flappy Birds' frustrated creator, will surely be back. Mr Nguyen might have lived up to his promises by taking down a free ...