A drug charity volunteer and former 30-year drug addict talks about his experience of turning to prescription drugs, following reports the popularity of diazepam is rising among drug users.

An increasing number of drug users are using tranquilisers to replace heroin or take with other drugs, a charity says.

The search is on to find the most tranquil place in County Durham.

A tranquil riverside area of west Cumbria is made more accessible after an £18,000 upgrade.

People are risking their health by buying prescription tranquilisers on the black market, a Belfast GP warns.

The BBC Scotland news website takes a look back at the history of whisky firm Glenmorangie.

The temple of Preah Vihear on the Thai-Cambodian border has seen its share of battles, writes the BBC's Philippa Fogarty.

Increasing numbers of UK children are being prescribed unlicensed anti-psychotic drugs, research suggests.

There are fears a pregnant reindeer tranquilised after escaping in Cambridgeshire could lose her calf.

Philippine ex-president Joseph Estrada may have been given life for corruption, but he is unlikely to end up in a prison cell any time soon.

One in three Britons is stressed out at least once day, according to the findings of North East researchers.

Animal tranquillisers and sedatives are among the items stolen from a veterinary surgery in north Devon.

The biggest Commonwealth war cemetery is a place of peace and tranquillity, says Europe reporter Dominic Hughes

A pilot to help children relax and perform better in school is rolled out across the Swindon area.

Burglars break into a Devon health centre and take a large quantity of the tranquilliser Diazepam.

A man is found guilty of killing his three-month-old son by giving him a heroin substitute and a tranquillizer.

Record numbers of race goers bask in the sunshine at Aintree to watch the 160th Grand National.

A County Armagh town installs an aquarium in its public toilets as an alternative to plants.

Nearly 2,000 class A drugs, including tranquilisers Temazepam and Diazepam, are stolen from a medical centre in Barnsley.

Vandals sabotage a tranquil area of woodland created by children only hours after it is completed.