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BBC News A law has come into force in Belgium banning women from wearing the full Islamic veil in public. The country is the second European Union nation after France to enforce such a ban. Offenders face a fine of 137.5 euros (£121; $197) and up to seven days in jail. Two women who...

Not sure if Amy Winehouse made an impact here or not - but for those who do know of her and her very troubled short life, here is the story from the BBC. Singer Amy Winehouse, 27, has been found dead at her north London home. A Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed that a 27-year-old...

BBC News A condemned murderer in Georgia could become only the second person whose execution is videotaped, US death penalty researchers have said. Andrew DeYoung is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection on Thursday evening for murder. Another condemned man hopes to record...

BBC News Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny has launched an unprecedented attack on the Catholic Church in parliament. He said the recent Cloyne Report into how allegations of sex abuse by priests in Cork had been covered up showed change was urgently needed. Mr Kenny said the historic...

BBC News The US state of Arizona is soliciting private donations to build a fence along its border with Mexico. The effort's Republican backer warns the fence is needed to keep out "drug cartels, violent gangs... illegal aliens, and even terrorists". He hopes to raise $50m (£31m) for the...

BBC News A teenager in Florida, accused of bludgeoning his parents to death with a hammer then throwing a party, has appeared in court. Tyler Hadley, 17, allegedly killed Blake and Mary-Jo Hadley on Saturday before locking their bodies in a bedroom and inviting guests round. He has been...

Discovery News A 10,000 square kilometer (3,861 sq. mile) island sank beneath the waves long ago, in the frigid waters of the Atlantic north of Scotland. No, it wasn't Atlantis. The landmass sank beneath the waves of the North Atlantic long before humans arrived on the scene. The...

:eek: BBC News - In pictures: China's bee-wearing contest :eek:

BBC News Computers and the internet are changing the nature of our memory, research in the journal Science suggests. Psychology experiments showed that people presented with difficult questions began to think of computers. When participants knew that facts would be available on a...

BBC News The US space agency says its Dawn probe should go into orbit around the asteroid Vesta early on Saturday (GMT). The robotic satellite will be spending a year at the 530km-wide body before moving on to the "dwarf planet" Ceres. New pictures on Dawn's approach to Vesta show the...

Discovery News Mosquito Buster: Free Mosquitoes are a summertime nuisance in many parts of the world, and often the deterrents available to hold them at bay are almost as unpleasant as the insects are. A new smart phone app from Japanese software maker Sea's Garden, however, now offers an...

BBC News Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is to make his return as a Hollywood leading man in Western movie The Last Stand. Studio Lionsgate said the 63-year-old would "bring incredible magnetism" to the role of a border-town sheriff who battles with a drug lord. The...

BBC News The United States will play Japan in the Fifa Women's World Cup final on Sunday 17 July. USA scored twice in the last 11 minutes to overcome France 3-1 in the first semi-final. The favourites, bidding for an unprecedented third World Cup title after their wins in 1991 and 1999...

BBC News Weapons dealers in the south-west US will be required to report large sales of some semi-automatic firearms to help stem the flow of weapons into Mexico. Under a new US government rule, authorities must be contacted when more than two semi-automatic rifles with detachable...

BBC News France says it has had contacts with envoys from Muammar Gaddafi who say the Libyan leader is "prepared to leave". "The Libyan regime is sending messengers everywhere, to Turkey, to New York, to Paris" offering to discuss Col Gaddafi's exit, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe...

BBC News Indiana is the latest US state which will not require its schoolchildren to learn joined-up, or cursive, writing. But students will have to learn basic typing skills, which education officials say are more useful in the modern employment world. The move is part of the Common...

BBC News A campaign group has said the US president should order a criminal investigation into alleged torture sanctioned by the Bush administration. Human Rights Watch (HRW) says there is "overwhelming evidence" of torture ordered by George W Bush. The former president has defended...

BBC News Federal US officials are attempting to determine how a stun gun was brought onboard a JetBlue flight that landed at Newark airport in New Jersey. Crew members at Liberty International Airport found the stun gun tucked into the back of a seat on the plane following the flight from...

BBC News - Owl leaves imprint on Kendal woman's window

If anyone is interested, the Beckhams now have a daughter, who they have named ..... wait for it ....... Harper Seven :eek: sounds like a surname and lucky number I'm sure their sons, Romeo, Brooklyn and Cruz (which the Spanish tried to tell the Beckams was a girls name...