A conference is taking place to discuss what is described as a crisis in the maintenance of graveyards.

Drawings done by 11-15 year-olds at a school in the Mexican state of Michoacan, which is one of worst affected by drug-related violence.

TV clown, classical scholar, high-flying journalist and now London mayor. The life and times of Boris Johnson.

Trade stalls at Crufts - the world's biggest dog show - give a clue to why owners are spending increasing amounts on their pets.

Environmental tests are to be carried out at a former chemical weapons storage site in County Durham.

Would-be prime ministers' wives have them. Lawyers have them. Doctors have them. But just how did tattoos get so acceptable?

Rock star Rod Stewart collects his CBE from Prince Charles, wearing a skull and crossbones tie.

A rare 18th Century Jolly Roger pirate flag is restored to its former glory by conservationists.

Dangerous chemicals go missing that are highly toxic and were supposed to be couriered between firms.

The sister of a murdered man says she fears his killer may come after her following his escape from prison guards.

Unexploded bombs are among the nasty surprises facing those returning to Lebanon after the conflict.

A woman is robbed as she hands over money to a bank teller in Inverness.

A teenage gang were caught by police after they boasted of their offences on their own website, a youth court is told.

The digital age is transforming entertainment - send your questions for key figures in the music industry.

An auction of celebrity postcard art raises £49,000 for the tsunami-struck villages of Asia.

They're standard-issue to British squaddies in Iraq, but now half a million Army ration packs are being sent to victims in America's hurricane disaster zone. What will they make of them? We sample the contents.

Cambodians in search of scrap metal for sale are putting their lives at risk, writes Guy De Launey.

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