Milan "have an advantage" over their city rivals Internazionale in the negotiations to sign Barcelona star Ronaldinho, according to the player's agent and brother, Roberto de Assis.

The perma-tanned Silvio may be stealing the headlines but Italy's election has been a triumph for former bricklayer and guitar teacher Umberto Bossi and his tempestuous Northern League.

Police have launched an investigation into how the body of the children's TV presenter Mark Speight went undiscovered in a building next to London's Paddington station for six days.

An underworld fixer who boasted of protecting the Liverpool and England footballer Steven Gerrard from a "kneecapping" by a gangster disappeared from court yesterday - minutes before he was found guilty of robbery.

The leader of a group of alleged Islamist terrorists accused of plotting to blow up passenger jets vowed to teach the West "a lesson they will never forget", a court was told yesterday.

Gordon Brown sought yesterday to convince voters he is not out of touch and that he understands their anxiety about the gathering economic gloom.

Conservative media mogul Silvio Berlusconi said today he "feels great responsibility" after winning a third term as Italy's prime minster.

It is not uncommon to leave a book, mobile phone, rucksack or even laptop by your seat before alighting, only to discover the loss just as your train creaks agonisingly out of the station.

President Viktor Yushchenko and the President of Poland Lech Kaczynski signed a joint Declaration on enhancing cooperation between Ukraine and Poland in preparation to EURO 2012. The ceremony took place in Presidential Palace in Warsaw. President's press office reports. In

President Viktor Yushchenko and the President of Poland Lech Kaczynski took part in a ceremony of opening the exhibition "Ukraine to the World" at National Museum of Warsaw. President's press office reports. In his speech President Yushchenko noted that the

A robber who once worked for footballer Steven Gerrard goes missing before the end of his trial.

An ex-church minister who caused £60,000 damage to two Porsches speaks of his "miracle" escape.

Silvio Berlusconi warns of "difficult months ahead" as he hails a major victory in Italy's general election.

Chinese government is mulling to lift the benchmark poverty line from the current 1,067 yuan (152 U.S. dollars) to 1,300 yuan (185 U.S. dollars), according to a notice issued by the Poverty Alleviation Office under the State Council over the

China is taking a responsible attitude towards climate change and some measures taken by the country are even more pro-active than some developed countries, Richard Yorke, HSBC China chief executive officer, told Xinhua at the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)

China's March consumer price index rose an estimated 8.3 percent, with first-quarter inflation of about 8.0 percent, the deputy governor of the People's Bank of China, Liu Shiyu, said in Shanghai over the weekend.

The incident has been revealed in a diary kept by the former chancellor, Lord Hailsham, and now published on the Margaret Thatcher Foundation's website. Left-wing students from the Aberdeen University found him alone in a house in Scotland, without his

The experts have called on to revoke the ban on use of toy guns in nurseries in Scotland. Researchers from Government agency Learning and Teaching Scotland who teamed up with a Perthshire primary school for the study, found that playing

In the first attempted "census" of the country's dinosaurs, academics from the University of Portsmouth have identified 108 species - found since the first discovery in 1824. The research team believes that the variety of creatures make Britain an important

The 15-year-old girl, accompanied by her father, the world-renowned explorer David Hempleman-Adams, led the group of 11 on the journey. They reached the geographic North Pole on April 9. "This was the hardest trip I have done - and she