Centuries from Andrew Strauss and Ian Bell helped England build a huge lead and close in on a series victory on day three of the third Test in Napier. Strauss, whose position had ...

Most racquets are strung with synthetic materials such as nylon or even titanium. But the top players prefer to use 'gut' ...

Two senior commanders have been reprimanded after admitting that their negligence caused a nuclear submarine to run aground off Skye. A court martial had been told that the commanders were simulating ...

The caution given to Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc, who crossed himself during a match against Rangers, has brought the issue of sectarianism in Scotland back into sharp focus. The rivalry between ...

Celebrity Cornish chef Rick Stein's beloved dog has died, aged 17. Chalky, the Jack Russell owned by fish chef Rick Stein, had become well-known through his appearances on Mr Stein's television series ...

A businessman is found guilty of murdering his girlfriend after a shopping trip to Harvey Nichols.

Dennis Bergkamp rolls back the years to inspire Arsenal to a superb win over Everton.

Retailer Body Shop agrees to be taken over by French cosmetics giant L'Oreal in a £652m deal.

A four-year-old boy fishing off the west Wales coast with his parents was knocked over by a metre-long tropical fish which leapt aboard their boat. The Grey family were fishing off the coast of ...

York Wasps vice-chairman Russell Greenfield has blamed a fall in revenue from sponsorship and low crowds as the reason for the Northern Ford Premiership side folding. The board called time on the club ...

Scottish Premier League programme will go ahead as planned, despite Scottish referees withdrawing their labour and heavy snow. There were doubts when officials from Portugal returned home and Polish ...

A schizophrenic artist missing for three years, died after apparently handcuffing himself to a tree, an inquest hears.