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Do you remember what you wanted to be when you grew up - and have you achieved it? A study run over the past 50 years has tested what helps childhood aspirations become reality.

Do you remember what you wanted to be when you grew up - and have you achieved it? A study run over the past 50 years has tested what helps childhood aspirations become reality.

Do you remember what you wanted to be when you grew up - and have you achieved it? A study run over the past 50 years has tested what helps childhood aspirations become reality.

A Chinese lawyer missing for more than a year is alive and living in the Xinjiang region, a US-based rights group has said.

Five men convicted of a terrorist conspiracy in Sydney, Australia, are given jail sentences of 23 to 28 years.

US President Barack Obama names a new special envoy to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC).

The USA's Ryder Cup team is to fly directly into Wales for the tournament at The Celtic Manor Resort near Newport.

The USA's Ryder Cup team is to fly directly into Wales for the tournament at The Celtic Manor Resort near Newport.

A rare heavy snowstorm hits the Deep South of the United States, closing schools and leading to the cancellation of hundreds of flights.

Johnny Dankworth's death reminds us that music, once the realm of the wealthy and educated, is an integral part of every well-balanced life, writes Lisa Jardine.

China urges the US to reconsider its "wrong decision", as the White House confirms President Barack Obama will meet the Dalai Lama.

China urges the US to reconsider its "wrong decision", as the White House confirms President Barack Obama will meet the Dalai Lama.

Profile of Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States.

Scientists are losing "a PR war" against climate change sceptics, says Nobel peace prize-winning physicist.

The ruling body of the Church of England votes to extend equal pension rights to the civil partners of deceased clergy.

The ruling body of the Church of England votes to extend equal pension rights to the civil partners of deceased clergy.

Millions of people in the eastern United States are digging out after blizzards covered the area with snow.

Conservative shadow chancellor George Osborne criticises what he calls Labour's "poverty of ambition" for Wales.

Washington is angered as Euro MPs block a key agreement that allows US anti-terror officials to monitor Europeans' bank transactions.

With the prospect of protests on the anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Iran, the BBC's Jon Leyne looks at Iran's internet battlefield.