Valerie Volcovici covers U.S. climate and energy policy from Washington, DC. She is focused on climate and environmental regulations at federal agencies and in Congress and how the energy ...

Parents were warned last night that they are partly responsible for the underage drinking epidemic. A Home Office survey revealed that half of all under-18 drinkers are given the alcohol by their ...

The world's senior food safety expert last night urged people to cut down on fried products such as chips and crisps after scientists confirmed they can contain high levels of a chemical linked to ...

The Government is insisting that closed-circuit television cameras do help cut crime, despite new research suggesting they are far less effective than good street lighting. A report by the ...

The surviving family of multiple murderer Jeremy Bamber last night spoke of their fears for their safety if he wins his dramatic bid for freedom. David Boutflour, 53, said he considered his jailed ...

The terrifying degree to which drug abuse has become a part of everyday life for hundreds of thousands of British children is revealed today. Many start as young as 11. By the age of 16 nearly one ...

Any debate on the quintessence of the new Pride and Prejudice will eventually come down to one thing: Can Matthew MacFadyen ooze the kind of haute and slow-burning magnetism we have come to expect ...

Pink shows off her very muscular frame (and 25 tattoos!) during game of tennis Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives star Jen Affleck checks into treatment center while pregnant ...

I well remember the phrase that Love Story, Arthur Hiller's 1971 youth-cult weepie, made famous. No, not "Being in love means never having to say you're sorry", since that film made it plain that ...

More than 500 British Airways women cabin crew have won a £2.3 million pay-out after a three-year compensation battle for money lost when they became pregnant, it was announced today. Acting on ...

Madonna made her first appearance on the West End stage last night - and proved she has not lost her ability to shock. The singer seemed to find the occasion a little nerve-racking, but won a huge ...

A former footballer sacked by the Prince's Trust because he was black stands to win tens of thousands of pounds in compensation after the charity lost an employment tribunal appeal. Ex-Manchester ...