The BBC will be giving away mini-computers to 11-year-olds across the country as part of its push to make the UK more digital. One million Micro Bits - a stripped-down computer similar to a Raspberry Pi - will be given to all pupils starting secondary school in the autumn term.more
A pair of Nike basketball shoes, believed to be the earliest NBA game-worn Michael Jordan sneakers to ever hit the market, will be auctioned off next month.more
London's highest roof garden has opened at the top of the capital's newest skyscraper, 20 Fenchurch Street - dubbed the Walkie-Talkie. But critics have said it is not the public park punters had expected it to be.more
Fantasy author Sir Terry Pratchett has died aged 66, having had Alzheimer's disease for eight years. "The world has lost one of its brightest, sharpest minds," said Larry Finlay of his publishing company, Transworld.more
As many as 4 million Poles have chronic kidney disease, which can lead to extreme distress. Most of them do not know it, because they are not tested on a regular basis - said prof. Ryszard Gellert. March 12th is World Kidney Day.more
A row has erupted after it emerged that a waste firm wholly owned by a Labour-led council is using workers recruited from an advertisement which said the ability to speak Polish was an advantage.more
Monika B. used false identity documents to pretend to be the lawful owner of a home in Clarendon Mews, in Bayswater, west London, in November last year.
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Singapore has retained its position as the world's most expensive city, according to research by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The top five most expensive cities in the world remain unchanged from a year earlier and include, in descending order, Paris, Oslo, Zurich and Sydney.more
Jeremy Clarkson's suspension followed a "fracas" with Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon over catering arrangements during location filming in Newcastle.more
The best Polish ski jumper Kamil Stoch had stomach problem and probably is not taking a part in tournament. He said he will observe competition on TV.more
A damning report published on Monday shows how cycling's world governing body, the UCI, colluded with Lance Armstrong from 1999 to 2009 to circumvent accusations he doped and to cement his status as the pre-eminent personality in the sport.more
Lithuania, the first republic of the former Soviet Union who wanted independence, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Act of Independence.more
Last year was the safest in the history of commercial aviation, despite two high-profile crashes involving Malaysia Airlines aircraft in which hundreds of people were killed, a leading industry body said on 9 March in Hong Kong.more