An MP calls for an end to the defence of sleepwalking in rape cases, saying such acquittals "defied common sense".

Campaigners walk through Leeds in dressing gowns to protest against the government's planned 42-day detention limit for terror suspects.

Sleep deprivation raises the likelihood of sleepwalking, research suggests.

A Denbighshire man describes his strange habit of sketching while asleep, which has led to an exhibition.

Supergrass bass player and vocalist Mick Quinn breaks his back after sleepwalking out of a window at a French villa.

An RAF serviceman who claimed he was sleepwalking when he had sex with a teenage girl is cleared of rape.

A nine-year-old girl survives a 30ft fall from her attic bedroom window while sleepwalking.

A man who claimed he was sleepwalking when he sexually assaulted his female guest is jailed for three and a half years.

The belief that Britain's communities are becoming more racially mixed is once again being challenged by Dr Mike Poulson, who says he has new evidence to show segregation is on the rise.

A man sectioned after killing his father while sleepwalking is discharged from hospital.

A former chef who makes chips while he sleepwalks says he is desperate to rid himself of the problem.

A pub manager who claimed he was sleepwalking when he killed his ex-girlfriend is jailed for life.

A man accused of three counts of rape is cleared by a jury after telling the court he suffers from sleepwalking.

A 15-year-old girl found asleep on the arm of a 130-ft crane is rescued after apparently scaling it in her sleep.

A man who was sectioned after killing his father while sleepwalking should be freed on human rights grounds, his lawyer says.

A sleep expert explains how a form of sleepwalking can lead people to kill, following the acquittal of Jules Lowe.

A man who said he could not recall battering his elderly father to death is cleared of murder, due to insanity.

A man who claims he was sleepwalking when he allegedly murdered his father is "desperate", a court hears.

A man who says he killed his father while sleepwalking underwent extensive scientific tests, a court hears.

A man admits injuring his father but denies murder, saying he was sleepwalking and did not know what he was doing.