A new national service looks ready to start next year to make sure every 16 or 17-year-old ends up in work or training after leaving school.

An uncle of Chris and Cru Kahui today denied threatening that "somebody would get a bullet" if they talked to police about the night the baby twins suffered their fatal injuries.

One of England's biggest police forces is tweeting every incident it deals with over a 24-hour period to give the public an idea of the workload officers face.

Secondary school sex education lessons have certainly undergone a change over the years.

Alcohol has become so affordable that it is cheaper than bottled water and approaching the price of milk, says a study made public today.

Pro-choice advocates have welcomed the acquittal of a Cairns couple charged over a home abortion and have called on the Queensland Government to reform the law.

Police Commissioner Howard Broad says New Zealand should remain a routinely unarmed police force - and that is something to be proud of.

No area of medicine has advanced more rapidly, nor created more controversy, than the treatment of infertility.

Taking big risks in the hope of high rewards may be a fundamental part of our biological nature, the pigeon study has shown.

A warning for pregnant or menstruating women to stay away from an exhibit tour is just an advisory and women could decide to ignore it, Arts, Chris Finlayson says.

Feminists have criticised a rule forbidding pregnant or menstruating women to attend a Te Papa exhibit.

The perception of cronyism, corruption and drugs has been a factor in the declining racing industry, and integrity must be restored for the industry to thrive, Racing Minister John Carter says.

Far-right extremists hurled molotov cocktails at marchers in a Gay Pride parade in Europe.

Health organisations are alarmed at how the internet is being used to promote smoking.