The organisers said that the race - which was called off at the last minute this morning - had been cancelled 'with huge dissapointment & regret [sic]'.

Richard Tol from Sussex University claims he is fighting a sustained attack on his reputation by a key figure from a leading institution that researches the impact of global warming.

Almost 200 of the animals have been killed by MoD vets in the past ten years - including 20 that were physically healthy but were said to have 'dangerous temperaments.'

A simple and non-invasive blood test which can detect if a patient has cancer, how big the tumour is and how well it has responded to treatment, has been developed.

The Duty Holder Concept (DHC) regulations will cover all remaining British military operations in Afghanistan and any future conflicts involving UK Forces.

The 3 Regiment Army Air Corps (AAC) is embarking on a final tour of Afghanistan as the AAC faces a 40 per cent shortage of senior air crew.

More than 200 employees of Aegis gathered at the Guards Chapel, at Wellington Barracks, near Buckingham Palace, to pay tribute to 32 colleagues killed in Iraq.

The Sinn Fein politician will also attend other events organised by Her Majesty in London during the historic official visit by Irish president Michael D Higgins next week.

A Cornell University student has made a series of painful conclusions in his research into stings by letting honey bees attack his own body.

The voice of serial killer Fred West will be heard on television for the first time next week in a chilling documentary.

Sir Richard Thompson, head of the Royal College of Physicians, pictured, said patient safety is being put at risk because doctors are so stressed and over stretched.

One lucky waitress who has always dreamed of visiting Italy where her family is from is now able to do so after a customer left her a $1,000 tip for the trip.

School pupil Kayleigh Palmer, 16, right, was discovered by emergency services after they were called to a house in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire on Wednesday.

Simon Reynolds, 50, has been suspended from St Andrew's Church in Farnham, Surrey, pictured, over allegations he stole money from grieving families.

Internet dating is thought to be behind the rise of people quickly embarking on new relationships, which are often intense but don't last.

Schoolgirl Aleysha Rothwell was found dead at a house in Breightmet, Bolton, Lancashire, at around 3pm on Thursday.

An analysis of Google UK searches showed there has been a surge in the number of people searching for terms relating to stress-caused illness since 2008.

Radical website says 'fighter' was radicalised in London after coming to Britain to play football and is now is in the war-torn region 'making the path of Allah'

A Tory official allegedly organised a gay sex romp in a Manchester hotel room paid for by taxpayers. Commons Speaker John Bercow is frantically holding meetings to avoid a full-blown crisis

A fifth of home workers stay in their night clothes all day, while two per cent work naked, a new survey has revealed.

The middle classes have even thrived since the beginning of the economic downturn since 2008, according to the analysis by the Social Market Foundation (SMF).

Jackie and Graham Reed, from Yorkshire, have spent their married life collecting items from a long lost era - including bicycles, furniture, clothes and prams.

An agency worker was paid over £163 an hour at Maidstone Hospital. The £1,800 sum for 11 hours is believed to be the most ever paid for a nursing shift.

The Archbishop wants to use Britain's network of Church of England primary schools to spearhead an educational campaign against high-cost borrowing.

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Three messages were posted on the @DCMS account and likened the MP to 'a modern day Robin Hood, she robs the poor to help the rich'.

Former Conservative Party chairman David Davis has urged the Government to open talks with Brussels about Britain quitting the EU

Remark came at a meeting with former Facebook executive Joanna Shields and David Cameron replied: 'Make sure that does not appear in the minutes'.

Three quarters of people questioned admitted watching shows for more than three hours at a time, while one in eight said they were often transfixed for more than six hours.

Alan Houchin, who spent 46 of the last 49 years in prison for strangling a waitress and raping a shop worker, says things have changed since he was jailed

The Citizens Advice helpline, which gives impartial advice on numerous debt-related issues, uses 0844 and 0845 numbers that can cost up to 41p a minute.

Campaigners are calling for lines to be printed on glasses to show drinkers how many units of alcohol they are really consuming – and potentially to shock them.

Contractors working on the house of Julie Martin and Kevin McKeith in South Shields, took down kitchen fittings to install new wiring, but accidentally left them outside for the binmen.

Blue Grimster, 19, charged locals in Fleetwood, Lancashire, £70 to take away their scrap metal, which he then dumped in an alleyway in Blackpool.

The allegation followed a report by the Metropolitan Police Federation, the organisation which represents more than 30,000 officers in the capital.

Garry Faulds, 21, and his glamour model fiancée Laura Colquhoun, 17, were sentenced for a total of nine years at the High Court in Edinburgh, after the violent blackmail of a local government employee.

The boom in middle-aged joggers, tennis players and footballers is likely to fuel a growing demand for ankle replacements in later life, surgeons are warning.

In the last week of March, Public Health England (PHE) was notified of 883 new cases of the highly contagious disease the highest weekly total since records began in 1982.

The new test, which had an 80 per cent success rate in a trial, looks for a genetic ‘signature’, or pattern, that is linked to a high risk of cancer coming back

Australian researchers say a molecule in the flower of the plant that usually fights off fungi and bacteria also has the ability to identify and destroy cancer.

A team of eco-technologists from Paris and Brussels have created an open-source project for designing smart beehives that track the health of bee colonies.

Seven-year-old Grace Franklin from Billingham, County Durham, and her father Glen, 44, would tell each other a joke each time they spoke on the phone or via Skype while he was posted in Helmand Province with the Royal Engineers.

The bugs, which feed on and remove garden pests, are put into tubes where they live happily on a diet of popcorn or cereal while being delivered by first class post.

After more than a decade at the top, prestigious and upwardly mobile silver has given way to cool, classless white as the most popular colour choice of car buyers.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by Prince George, fly out tonight for their much anticipated three-week tour of Australia and New Zealand.