Foreign Secretary William Hague is offering British help to earthquake-stricken Turkey as the death toll from the natural disaster continues to rise... more
An extraordinary relief effort is launched across London as banks, charities, celebrities and local residents join to help people affected by the riots... more
Former banker Faye Callaghan, who quit to work for the International Red Cross, is helping lead the aid operation in drought and famine-hit East Africa, where 12 million face starvation... more
Market traders and shopkeepers in Camden Town and King's Cross will be taught life-saving first aid skills for use in the event of a terrorist attack during the Olympics
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Resident of Christchurch has auctioned for £27,300 a rock the size of a car that crashed into his house during last month's earthquake that killed at least 166 people
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Defecting Russian spy claims his country’s secret service was responsible for the murder of six Red Cross nurses in a Chechen hospital 14 years ago... more
Parents are too scared to carry out basic first aid to save their child's life and many fear any treatment they give could cause further injury, new research shows... more
Air strikes by US forces in Afghanistan are thought to have killed dozens of civilians, including women and children, as pictures emerged showing villagers burying their dead... more
Nine children were killed and many more injured when heavy artillery struck a paediatrics ward and women's wing in a Sri Lankan hospital, the Red Cross reported... more
A British Red Cross appeal to tackle cholera and chronic food shortages in Zimbabwe was under way amid fears the crisis could prompt people from the country to head for the UK... more
London Gateway, the £1.5bn container port under construction on the Thames at Thurrock, will have capacity to unload six of the world's largest ships at one time and have as much impact on the capital as a new airport or half a dozen Westfield shopping centres
With London Fashion Week kicking off on Friday, British designer Matthew Williamson tells Rosamund Urwin about breaking up with his ex, post-show partying and his new model man
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