A reason why millions worldwide fall prey to the disabling illness gout may have been uncovered.

Moderate drinking and a healthy active lifestyle may be the best recipe for a longer life, research suggests.

Named as suspects in Madeleine McCann's disappearance, her parents are being advised by Michael Caplan QC, who successfully fought efforts to extradite General Pinochet.

Peter Morgan, the screenwriter behind The Queen and The Last King of Scotland, joins Oscar royalty.

The young men drawn to the Spanish Civil War to fight for - not against - Franco.

Quinten Hann is one of the most naturally talented players in snooker, but his carefree approach is costing him dear.

A love letter from poet Dylan Thomas to his fiancée has sold for £7,200 at auction in London.

Hangovers are costing the UK economy £2.8bn ($3.5bn) pounds a year, research by employment agency Reed has found.

Cricket expert Bill Frindall is poised to answer your queries. If you've got a cricket teaser, ask Bearders!

An eccentric spinster leaves her entire £2m fortune to the Old Etonian Trust to fund school bursaries.

The "very perfect" king of Thailand is so revered by his subjects that even their graffiti is a form of adulation, and certain subjects are taboo, the producer of BBC Radio 4's Tiger Tales, John Murphy, reveals.

As the Dutch Government collapses, the BBC's Tim Franks looks back at the rise and fall of the LPS party over the past several months.

Beauty may be in the eye of the beer holder rather than the beholder, according to a new study by scientists.

A whisky for breakfast followed by some afternoon government toppling. Veteran broadcaster Patrick Hannan remembers the TUC conferences of yesteryear.

People in the south of England are the best off in the UK, most significantly in terms of health, according to official research.

I don't know how long the ordinary American family's been paying attention to Father's Day...

Add to BBC News Online's archive of accounts about the day war broke out by emailing us your own memories of 3 September 1939.

Nearly one in three university students claims to have sex once a week, and spends almost four times as much on alcohol as books, according to a survey.