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Metal-on-metal hip replacements have a much higher failure rate than other options and "should not be implanted", say researchers.

Scotland's surveyors report that optimism among house sellers is misplaced as buyers remain few and far between.

Lord Sugar has defended the UK's banks saying they should not be attacked for what he says is responsible lending.

Shares on the up as crash fears fade

Property sales in the UK edged up slightly in February, according to the latest monthly survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Young artists move from canvas to website

An web-based 'try before you buy' art rental service has launched in the UK and young artists are queuing up to promote their work online.

A lost masterpiece by Leonardo Da Vinci may have been found hidden behind another work of art on a wall in Florence.

Arsene Wenger praises the "relentless effort" of his Arsenal side as they secure a stoppage-time win over Newcastle.

An imam has died in an arson attack on a Shia mosque in Brussels, and a man describing himself as a Muslim is arrested, police say.

A 19-year-old man is charged with the murder of two teenagers who were found stabbed in a flat in West Yorkshire.

President Barack Obama has called the shooting of 16 Afghan civilians by an American soldier "heartbreaking".

The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, and the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, have urged the international community to speak with one voice on Syria.

Newcastle Falcons appoint ex-Harlequins boss Dean Richards as director of rugby for the start of the 2012-13 season.

With parts of the south-east of England facing hosepipe bans, what options are there for preventing water shortages in future?

Thomas Vermaelen hits an injury-time winner at the Emirates as Arsenal close to within a point of third-placed Tottenham.

A 38-year-old woman dies after her car crashed into a wall in Edinburgh on Monday evening.

The funeral of award-winning war reporter Marie Colvin, killed by shelling in the Syrian city of Homs, takes place in Long Island, New York.

The capital of the US state of New Jersey faces running out of toilet paper following a months-long dispute over costs.

Barack Obama vows that US forces will not "rush for the exits" in Afghanistan, after a soldier is detained accused of murdering 16 civilians.