The first private clinic to offer abortions to women in Northern Ireland is due to open next week, but pro-life campaigners say they will fight to have it shut.

Most pirate vessels illegally fishing off Sierra Leone are accredited to export catches to Europe, a report by an environmentalist group says.

More than 45,000 students are due to resit their English GCSEs next month after a row about the grading, figures given to the BBC by exam boards show.

US researchers say that mice may have the ability to learn songs based on the sounds they hear.

Chinese PC maker Lenovo replaces Hewlett-Packard as the world's top PC maker, according to preliminary figures released by research firm Gartner.

The jobs market for university leavers is proving resilient despite a weak economy, says a major survey.

Bad news stories, such as those about murder, seem to alter the way women respond to stressful situations, according to a small study.

Strokes are becoming more common at a younger age due to unhealthy lifestyles, an American study finds.