Groundbreaking black US comedian Richard Pryor has died after almost 20 years with multiple sclerosis. He died at the age of 65 of a heart attack at Encino hospital near Los Angeles, his wife Jennifer ...

Most racquets are strung with synthetic materials such as nylon or even titanium. But the top players prefer to use 'gut' ...

Six US citizens who, as children, were used in an experiment that tried to induce stuttering have been awarded nearly $1m (£500,000) in compensation. In 1939, the plaintiffs - all orphans in state ...

France's strict brand of secularism has deep historical roots - but some want to soften it, says the BBC's Henri Astier.

Actor David Hemmings, star of cult 1960s films Blow-Up and Barbarella, has died aged 62, his agent has said. He suffered a heart attack at the end of a day filming a new movie called Samantha's Child ...

A four-year-old boy fishing off the west Wales coast with his parents was knocked over by a metre-long tropical fish which leapt aboard their boat. The Grey family were fishing off the coast of ...

Sarah Storey and Rachel Morris won their second gold medals for Britain at the 2010 UCI World Paracycling Road Championships in Canada. Riding in the C5 category, defending champion Storey outsprinted ...

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