The three days of strikes, starting on Thursday at 4am, takes the national dispute into its second week with signs that both sides are preparing for a long haul. Business leaders described the second wave of strikes as "madness" and implored both sides...

But 25 years after Michael Buerk's broadcasts from Ethiopia's 1984 famine, Miss Birhan said the kind of food handouts which once kept her alive are today failing Africa's poorest. "Twenty-five years ago, my life was saved by Irish nursing sisters who...

An injection designed for diabetics can help overweight patients lose almost 16lbs in just five months making it twice as effective as some obesity drugs research suggests. The injection called Victoza, which was launched in July, is used to help...

Postal workers' leaders held a crucial meeting to decide whether to call off planned national strikes as a political row broke out about the Government's role in the Royal Mail conflict. The postal executive of the Communication Workers Union was...

"The court considered the risk that Roman Polanski might flee if released from custody as high," the federal criminal tribunal said in a statement. Polanski has been regarded as a fugitive by US authorities since he fled the country in 1978 after...