Getting rich quick - and having much more money than you ever need - will look as pointless as taking bodybuilding too seriously, says Clive James.

A teenager who killed a drug dealer in a Hertfordshire park is sentenced to eight years in a young offenders' institution.

The BBC's Chris Hogg meets a group of Chinese people who claim they were locked up in a mental asylum for daring to complain about the authorities' behaviour.

India lead Australia by 86 runs at the end of day three of the final Test after closing on 0-0 with Australia all out for 355.

England are handed a humiliating thrashing by Australia in their World Cup group game in Melbourne.

Arsenal and Spurs draw an eight-goal thriller and Liverpool, Chelsea and Man Utd win on a remarkable night of Premier League football.

A model of a Western city made from dog chews and 15 life-sized figures suspended upside-down are among the exhibits in the new Saatchi Gallery.

Sale go top of the Guinness Premiership table as they condemn struggling Bristol to a third straight defeat.

England labour to a 2-0 World Cup qualifying win over Andorra thanks to Joe Cole's second-half brace.

"Until Gloucester find their bottle when it matters, they'll be stranded"

A shoal of Archer fish at a Sussex aquarium are given target practice for their spitting skills.

Before Alistair Cooke began writing his famous letters home, he travelled across the US in the 1930s with a simple movie camera. The treasure trove of film reveals how the young Cooke was entranced by his newly adopted home.

What shapes our character? As traits such as confidence, responsibility and self-control become more important in individuals, the Victorian belief that good character can be manufactured is coming back into fashion, says Richard Reeves.

Catalans run in five tries as they win their seventh away game of the season to move within one point of Super League leaders Leeds and St Helens

South Africa captain John Smit admits his side were outplayed by New Zealand in their opening Tri-Nations match.

Sports columnist Rohit Brijnath reflects on the successful first season of the Indian Premier League, the multi-million dollar cricket tournament.

A 14-year-old boy was killed after two groups of teenagers pulled faces at each other, the Old Bailey hears.

A pilot arrested after he landed his plane near the US president's Texas ranch, faces deportation.

The Olympic torch's route in San Francisco disappoints crowds, but avoids protests, writes Maggie Shiels.

Relegated threatened Institute and Armagh City are unable to claim the win that they both badly need.