Celebrity cook Delia Smith says she is "sceptical" of plans to reintroduce compulsory food lessons in schools as part of a National Curriculum review.

Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, a senior al-Qaeda militant accused of killing Western hostages, has been killed in Mali, Chad's president says.

A report from the Office for National Statistics shows that Britons are becoming more economical with vehicle fuel but more profligate with gas.

A Florida man disappears into a 20ft-deep (6m) sinkhole that swallowed up a bedroom in his house.

President Mwai Kibaki calls on Kenyans to vote peacefully in Monday's general election, and for losers to accept defeat.

Measures to prevent illegal timber, which is estimated to account for 30% of the global trade, from entering the EU come into force on Sunday.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is receiving chemotherapy in a Caracas hospital after cancer surgery in Cuba, the vice-president has revealed.

Internet retailer Amazon is continuing to sell clothes from a US firm despite a row over a T-shirt with the slogan "keep calm and rape a lot."