Andrew Strauss will lead England in the one-day and Twenty20 matches in the West Indies - but the team will have no head coach.

Stoke-on-Trent's Phil Taylor says winning his 14th world darts championship ranks alongside anything else he has ever achieved.

A Scottish missionary and his wife who admitted sedition charges in Gambia are jailed for one year.

India clinch a 1-0 victory in the two-Test series against England after the second match in Mohali ends in a draw.

Graeme Swann believes the wickets of Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid were vital as England fightback on day two of the second Test with India.

A record partnership of 314 puts India in charge after two days of the final Test at Mohali.

The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has said if anything good had come of the economic crisis, it had presented a society with a "reality check".

South Africans share their views on the prospects for Cope, the new political party launched in Bloemfontein.

X Factor winner Alexandra Burke talks about her new-found success and friendship with mentor Cheryl Cole.

Sachin Tendulkar scores his 41st Test century as India score 387-4 to beat England by six wickets in Chennai.

Iran has a vibrant blogging community, despite government attempts to regulate the internet, reports the BBC's Jon Leyne in Tehran.

India will start the final day of the first Test on 131-1 chasing 387 to beat England, following a stunning innings from Virender Sehwag.

England's bowlers take six wickets to put the tourists in charge of the first Test against India in Chennai.

The first two planned performances of the new West End production of Oliver!, starring I'd Do Anything star Jodie Prenger, are cancelled.

Niger denies it had anything to do with recent violence in neighbouring Nigeria's Plateau State.

As you decide whether or not to have children, should you take the world's increasing stack of environmental woes into account?

Wales' team doctor, professor John Williams, admits he has never seen anything like the fractured skull Jamie Roberts suffered against Australia.

The shutters look set to close on Woolies and MFI for ever, while Currys and PC World have seen profit turn to loss in the economic downturn. But what about the small, independent retailers many of us rely on day-to-day?

The BBC's Kevin Connolly reports from Texas on how a state which voted Republican again is reacting to a resounding defeat in a battle of ideas.

A tool bag which floated away from an astronaut during a recent space walk will be visible over Britain this week, but how do you spot it?