Weekly round-up of gossip from Westminster.

Keep up with the drama of US election day on 4 November on the BBC News website.

Meet the people willing to fight to the bitter end to keep their old lamp-posts/cobbles/trees/railings.

There was some good to come out of the rainy spells at Wimbledon - the chance for former champions like Martina Navratilova to demonstrate she can talk as well as she played, says Clive James.

England cruise to a seven-wicket victory over West Indies as the Test series is won 3-0.

Just what is wrong with Mark McCall's side?

BBC Wales' Parliamentary correspondent records all the Welsh happenings in Westminster.

The Monitor is home to quizzes, paper monitor and your letters.

BBC Sport's Iain Carter on John Daly, the Open, top courses and golf in Africa

In his weekly opinion column, Brian Walden considers spin and how it has resulted in politicians losing control of the democratic agenda.

What will the new education secretary change, the BBC's Mike Baker asks.

Israel's planned pull-back from Gaza evokes bitter memories of the end of the settlement of Yamit in the Sinai.

Fury at Janet Jackson's Super Bowl stunt exposes America's paradoxical attitudes to sex.

Can you better our sporting path from Kerry to McFadden?

A small but explosive word helped to stir the Welsh Assembly election into life, says BBC Wales's Rhys Evans

Is David Blunkett having a laugh? His seemingly fickle pronouncements have surprised his opponents, but it's a dangerous game to play.

The resurfaced Department of Transport spin row prompts the Sunday papers to examine the government's relationship with civil servants.

Long-suffering Derby supporter Struan Whitbread is depressed by his club's demise.

Pop-up adverts are becoming popular with websites keen to impress advertisers. But do they work or irritate users and have the opposite effect?

Keith Graham looks to the future following Scotland's surprise failure at the ICC Trophy in Canada.