Sunday, January 31, 1999 Published at 06:07 GMT UK Lockerbie pair 'could have survived' Wreckage: 259 on board and 11 on the ground died New research has suggested that two victims of the Lockerbie airliner bombing could have survived the six-mile fall to earth only to die of exposure later, a newspaper has reported.

2003: Columbia shuttle disintegrates killing seven. Seven astronauts die as Columbia breaks up on re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere leaving Nasa and the world in a state of shock and disbelief.

Oct 16, 2007 · One of the first people to reach the scene of the crash that killed Princess Diana has relived the horror, at the inquest into her death. James Huth said he was unable to see the princess because she was trapped so low in the car's footwell and was obscured by Dodi Al …

Jan 26, 2000 · The existence of homicidal gas chambers at Auschwitz was completely fictitious, historian David Irving has told London's High Court. Mr Irving, 62, who is seeking libel damages for being branded a "Holocaust denier", said eyewitness evidence of the chambers was "totally demolished" because there were no holes in the roof to insert poison.

Dec 14, 2006 · An official UK police inquiry into the Paris car crash which killed Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed has found no evidence the couple were murdered.

Oct 9, 2009 · Stephen Fry has revealed that ITV has dropped his legal drama Kingdom after three series. The actor, who stars as Norfolk solicitor Peter Kingdom in the show, broke the news to fans on his blog.

Nov 12, 2007 · The result was the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988, which banned semi-automatic and pump-action rifles; weapons which fire explosive ammunition; short shotguns with magazines; and elevated pump-action and self-loading rifles.Registration was also made mandatory for shotguns, which were required to be kept in secure storage. Even stricter controls were introduced after the 1996 killings in ...

Feb 28, 2000 · The Moors murders were a series of crimes that shocked Britain when they first came to light. Ian Brady and Myra Hindley murdered four children during 1963 and 1964 and buried their bodies on Saddleworth Moor, near Manchester in northern England.

Feb 12, 2007 · Vowing to mount a violent campaign, he started off in 1968 by detonating home-made bombs in two Frankfurt department stores. Arrested and imprisoned, he escaped in 1970 during a library visit with the help of a left-wing campaigning journalist - Ulrike Meinhof - and the Baader-Meinhof gang was firmly established in the public mind.

Dec 14, 2009 · This is likely to affect the capacity of organisms including molluscs, coral and plankton to form "hard parts" of calcium carbonate. A 2007 study showed that rates of coral growth on the Great Barrier Reef had fallen by 14% since 1990.