Frank Okoro, a school teacher and father of four, has opened his home to 28 traumatised refugees.

Better recycling and compostable materials could be an answer to our plastic pollution problem.

The BBC's Aaron Heslehurst explains how saccharin became a million dollar idea.

Whether it's Paris or Farnborough, Dubai or Singapore, air shows have a real fanbase. But why?

After decades of hailing its sons, Canada's national anthem no longer leaves its daughters out. Changing it took years of pressure.

Why there are fears funding cuts could take the shine off Brazil's world famous festival.

The feat could lead to new ways of preserving women's fertility.

Sports diplomacy expert Jung Woo Lee dissects North Korea's sports propaganda offensives.

Wall Street suffered its second day of heavy losses in a volatile week for global investors.

An appeal by 47 athletes and coaches is dismissed hours before the opening ceremony in Pyeongchang.

The winners of the 2018 International Garden Photographer of the Year competition

Australian javelin thrower Jarrod Bannister, 33, had been living and training in the Netherlands.

The second partial shutdown in less than a month lasted five hours before Congress passed a budget deal.

The suspect was charged with numerous offenses, including possession and racing a motor vehicle.

The number of people who die each year while taking selfies in dangerous locations is on the rise.

Indian Muslims talk about being called Pakistani because of their religion.

BBC Sport presenter and eight-time British champion Graham Bell tackles the men's Olympic downhill ski course at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones takes on England captain Dylan Hartley in an off-field battle of 'guess that quote'.

Figure skaters Vladimir Morozov and Evgenia Tarasova - part of the Olympic athletes from Russia team - set the highest score in their team pairs routine.

BBC Sport's Tim Warwood's insight into the culture, weather and even the latest technologies in 2018 Winter Olympics host city Pyeongchang.

Both parents and online internet users have criticised a plan to adopt the $700 uniforms.