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Police say 13 people are in critical condition after two trains collide head-on in Dutch city's western district of Sloterdijk

Airline owner is banned from leaving country after crash during stormy weather outside Islamabad

Shift workers getting too little sleep at the wrong time of day may be increasing their risk of diabetes and obesity, according to researchers.

Steve Mahan, who is legally blind, gets behind the wheel of a Google self-driving car to test out the possibilities of the technology.

British soldiers' uniforms could soon use electrically conducting yarn woven directly into the clothing, replacing cumbersome batteries and cabling.

A forensic science firm which wrongly linked the DNA of a Devon man to the rape of a woman in Manchester has said the blunder was down to human error.

Vibrating magnetic tattoos may one day be used to alert mobile phone users to phone calls and text messages if Nokia follows up a patent application.

Training should refocus on manual flying expertise to avoid 'automation dependency,' experts say

For James Dyson it's the Mini, for Ron Arad it's the Anglepoise lamp and for Barbara Hulanicki it's one of Dyson's own creations… As the V&A launches a retrospective, six of Britain's most creative minds choose their favourite object