Tuesday 21 May 2013
Moves to legalise gay marriage in Britain cleared a crucial parliamentary hurdle as it emerged that civil partnerships could be abolished as the price for getting David Cameron’s plans on to the statute book.
There has been a dramatic rise in the number of men diagnosed with eating disorders in the last decade, research suggests.
Around 120 baby deaths could be prevented in the UK every year if parents stopped sharing beds with their children, research has suggested.
Plans to allow same-sex marriage survived a Conservative backlash after a fraught debate in the House of Commons.
David Cameron has sought to smooth relations with angry local Tories, insisting he would never have anyone close to him who "sneered" at them.
The Church of Scotland's ruling General Assembly has voted in favour of allowing openly gay men and women to become ministers.
The parents of a 17-year-old girl who was killed in a car crash that also left her best friend dead and three young men fighting for their lives have paid tribute to their "beautiful" daughter.
The Church of Scotland has voted in favour of allowing openly gay men and women to become ministers - whilst maintaining a traditionalist standpoint.
Criminal suspects who have been arrested should not be named until they are charged except for in "clearly identified circumstances" such as a threat to life, according to new official guidance issued to police forces in the wake of the Leveson Inquiry.
An accident and emergency unit has been cleared to reopen after a major incident involving patients who had come into contact with an unknown powder.
The Saturdays star Rochelle Humes has become a mother for the first time.
A retired Church of England priest found guilty of a catalogue of historic sex attacks on young children at a Barnardo's home has been jailed for 10 years.
The offices of Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans were searched by police on Sunday in connection with an investigation into allegations of rape and sexual assault.
The former slaughterman accused of murdering schoolgirl April Jones told police that he "could have burnt the body", a court has been told.
Attempts to bring live fighting birds through a British airport in suitcases were "astonishing", Border Force has said.
One-eyed police killer Dale Cregan "bizarrely" pleaded not guilty to two murders despite admitting them "numerous times", a jury has been told.
The sixth round of the F1 World Championship is due to get underway in Monaco, Monte Carlo on May 26. This interactive graphic shows an animated guide to the circuit with the gear and speeds around the track.
The Duke of Cambridge has called on the public to continue their support of injured British servicemen and women.
Hospitals are "dangerously close to full", Labour has warned after it emerged that the number of hospital beds available to patients in England has shrunk by almost 6% since the coalition Government took office.
A second body has been discovered in the remains of a terraced house which was destroyed by a suspected gas blast.
Uriah Heep and Spiders From Mars bassist Trevor Bolder has died following a battle with cancer, his band said. He was 62.
Army bomb experts have carried out a controlled explosion on a grenade dating back to the early 20th century.
A north Belfast woman accused of conning her elderly mother out of more than £40,000 by forging her signature on cheques broke down in the witness box today (Tuesday) as she tearfully denied defrauding her mother.
Tony Pulis' seven-year reign as Stoke manager has come to an end after he and the club agreed to part company by mutual consent.
Alex Corbisiero is desperate to put an injury-ravaged season behind him and reassert his position as England's first-choice loosehead prop in the upcoming fixtures against the Barbarians and Argentina.
British and Irish Lions flanker Sean O'Brien could yet play for Leinster in Saturday's RaboDirect PRO12 final after making rapid progress in his recovery from a knee injury.
Bolder joined David Bowie's backing band in 1971, appearing on classic albums including Hunky Dory and Aladdin Sane. He went on to join Uriah Heep five years later and only stopped playing with the band a few months ago, due to his poor health.
La dolce vita has arrived in Cannes thanks to a pair of films set in Italy exploring lives of affluent ennui.
Dame Judi Dench described herself as being "very proud" to be the first patron of a new campaign to preserve the Bomber Command Memorial for generations to come.
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