Why the "sticks and stones" adage is wrong

The old adage "sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can never hurt you", simply is not true, a study finds.

news.bbc.co.uk

More firms increase energy bills

Two more energy firms, Scottish Energy and Npower, are to raise their gas and electricity prices, blaming higher wholesale costs.

news.bbc.co.uk

Saha poised for move to Everton

Man Utd striker Louis Saha will join Everton for an undisclosed fee, subject to passing a medical.

news.bbc.co.uk

Brunstrom makes retirement U-turn

The chief constable of North Wales Police rubbishes his own announcement that he could retire next year.

news.bbc.co.uk

Jackson turns 50

The highs and lows of Michael Jackson's life and career

news.bbc.co.uk

Karadzic refuses war crimes pleas

Bosnian Serb ex-leader Radovan Karadzic refuses to enter a plea to charges of war crimes at the UN tribunal in The Hague.

news.bbc.co.uk

Councils 'could buy unsold homes'

Local authorities could get more powers to buy repossessed and unsold homes, the government is expected to say.

news.bbc.co.uk

Lockerbie evidence not disclosed

Scottish police had information that could have changed the outcome of the Lockerbie trial, a BBC programme learns.

news.bbc.co.uk

Pressure mounts on Thailand's PM

Pressure is building on Thailand's PM Samak Sundaravej, amid spiralling protests against his rule.

news.bbc.co.uk

Bid to end Zimbabwe talks impasse

Negotiators meet to try and revive Zimbabwe's deadlocked crisis talks in South Africa.

news.bbc.co.uk

Man shot four times at city house

A man is taken to hospital after being shot four times at a house in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast.

news.bbc.co.uk

What do you want to talk about?

What do you want the world to talk about?

news.bbc.co.uk

'My lucky escape'

The man who just missed the Lockerbie flight

news.bbc.co.uk

Rustle test

What's the noisiest, most irritating cinema snack?

news.bbc.co.uk

Cash-in-buttocks man in M25 ban

A thief who stole from rail passengers and hid the cash between his buttocks is banned from the whole of London.

news.bbc.co.uk

Prison for BNP activist's killer

An Asian man is jailed for the manslaughter of the BNP activist neighbour he stabbed following a long-running dispute.

news.bbc.co.uk

Clubs learn Uefa Cup fate

Everton take on Standard Liege in the first knockout round of the Uefa Cup.

news.bbc.co.uk

Obama launches historic campaign

Barack Obama promises to keep the American dream alive as he accepts his historic Democratic nomination for the White House.

news.bbc.co.uk

In pictures

Flood images from India's eastern state of Bihar

news.bbc.co.uk

Police resume arson house search

Officers investigating a fire at the home of a wealthy family, who are all missing, continue their search of the property.

news.bbc.co.uk

Live text - England v South Africa

England remove the dangerous Herschelle Gibbs early in South Africa's chase of 297 at The Oval.

news.bbc.co.uk

Georgia breaks ties with Russia

Georgia is to cut diplomatic ties with Russia, days after Moscow recognised South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent.

news.bbc.co.uk

Airline collapse hits thousands

Hundreds of travellers are stranded and tens of thousands lose bookings after the budget airline Zoom collapses.

news.bbc.co.uk

Zoom Q&A

What should customers do after airline collapse?

news.bbc.co.uk

7 days quiz

Which new Strictly star is already injured?

news.bbc.co.uk

World Catalog : reconsolidation

World Catalog : reconsolidation

reconsolidation:

OneSimpleLoan

Offers student loan consolidation, reconsolidation, Federal and private education financial aid loans.

http://www.onesimpleloan.com

Lockerbie evidence not disclosed

Scottish police had information that could have changed the outcome of the Lockerbie trial, a BBC programme learns.

news.bbc.co.uk

Man shot four times at city house

A man is taken to hospital after being shot four times at a house in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast.

news.bbc.co.uk

Rustle test

What's the noisiest, most irritating cinema snack?

news.bbc.co.uk

Saha poised for move to Everton

Man Utd striker Louis Saha will join Everton for an undisclosed fee, subject to passing a medical.

news.bbc.co.uk

Obama launches historic campaign

Barack Obama promises to keep the American dream alive as he accepts his historic Democratic nomination for the White House.

news.bbc.co.uk

Councils 'could buy unsold homes'

Local authorities could get more powers to buy repossessed and unsold homes, the government is expected to say.

news.bbc.co.uk

'My lucky escape'

The man who just missed the Lockerbie flight

news.bbc.co.uk

Bid to end Zimbabwe talks impasse

Negotiators meet to try and revive Zimbabwe's deadlocked crisis talks in South Africa.

news.bbc.co.uk

Zoom Q&A

What should customers do after airline collapse?

news.bbc.co.uk

More firms increase energy bills

Two more energy firms, Scottish Energy and Npower, are to raise their gas and electricity prices, blaming higher wholesale costs.

news.bbc.co.uk

Jackson turns 50

The highs and lows of Michael Jackson's life and career

news.bbc.co.uk

Brunstrom makes retirement U-turn

The chief constable of North Wales Police rubbishes his own announcement that he could retire next year.

news.bbc.co.uk

7 days quiz

Which new Strictly star is already injured?

news.bbc.co.uk

Police resume arson house search

Officers investigating a fire at the home of a wealthy family, who are all missing, continue their search of the property.

news.bbc.co.uk

Live text - England v South Africa

England remove the dangerous Herschelle Gibbs early in South Africa's chase of 297 at The Oval.

news.bbc.co.uk

Cash-in-buttocks man in M25 ban

A thief who stole from rail passengers and hid the cash between his buttocks is banned from the whole of London.

news.bbc.co.uk

In pictures

Flood images from India's eastern state of Bihar

news.bbc.co.uk

Airline collapse hits thousands

Hundreds of travellers are stranded and tens of thousands lose bookings after the budget airline Zoom collapses.

news.bbc.co.uk

What do you want to talk about?

What do you want the world to talk about?

news.bbc.co.uk

Pressure mounts on Thailand's PM

Pressure is building on Thailand's PM Samak Sundaravej, amid spiralling protests against his rule.

news.bbc.co.uk

Prison for BNP activist's killer

An Asian man is jailed for the manslaughter of the BNP activist neighbour he stabbed following a long-running dispute.

news.bbc.co.uk

Karadzic refuses war crimes pleas

Bosnian Serb ex-leader Radovan Karadzic refuses to enter a plea to charges of war crimes at the UN tribunal in The Hague.

news.bbc.co.uk

Clubs learn Uefa Cup fate

Everton take on Standard Liege in the first knockout round of the Uefa Cup.

news.bbc.co.uk

Why the "sticks and stones" adage is wrong

The old adage "sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can never hurt you", simply is not true, a study finds.

news.bbc.co.uk

Georgia breaks ties with Russia

Georgia is to cut diplomatic ties with Russia, days after Moscow recognised South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent.

news.bbc.co.uk