At least 12 people died and dozens more were hurt when a small lorry loaded with fireworks exploded in a small village in central Mexico.

The Government announces a new Olympic legacy fund to improve sports provision in every primary school in England.

Around 160,000 men in the UK have been left with little or no sex life after treatment for prostate cancer, a charity says.

Maryland is poised to become the 18th US state to abolish the death penalty following a vote in its House of Delegates.

A British soldier who died in southern Afghanistan last year as he protected his colleagues from a grenade blast is to be awarded the Victoria Cross.

Schools should not attempt to pull the "proverbial wool" over inspectors' eyes during Ofsted visits, the watchdog's chief has warned head teachers.

The Catholic Archbishop of Durban, Wilfrid Fox Napier, says paedophilia is "not a criminal condition" and requires treatment not punishment.

Rapid drug treatment after HIV infection may be enough to "functionally cure" about one in 10 patients, say researchers in France.