Town officials have reported an "explosion" in the rat population of the north German town best known for its fairy tale about a mystery piper who once got rid of them all.A makeshift rubbish dump on the town's fringes is...

The helicopter involved was an OH-58 Kiowa Warrior, a small scout helicopter fitted with weapons. It hit overhead cables as it was attempting to land. Resulting two U.S. soldiers were killed in a helicopter accident in the northern Iraqi city...

As NASA prepared to double the number of astronauts living aboard the International Space Station, nothing did more for crew bonding than a machine being launched aboard the space shuttle Endeavour.It's a water-recycling device that will process the crew's urine...

The 71 divers from across the world assembled in the largest ever mid-air formation in the short history of wing-suiting - a variation on skydiving in which participants wear specially designed suits that slow down their fall to the ground.The...

The total number out of work has climbed to 1.825 million - the most since November 1997, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics. The number of unemployed people rose by 140,000 in the three months to...

Hang Mioku, now 48, had her first plastic surgery procedure when she was 28; hooked from the beginning she moved to Japan where she had further operations - mostly to her face. Operation after operation, Hang's face was eventually left...