Day one of Essex and Leicestershire's clash at Chelmsford is characterised by poor batting from both sides.

Given the acrimony and violence that has recently characterised Kenya, the deal on a coalition government is a momentous achievement, the BBC's Adam Mynott says.

Schools should not be allowed to promote marriage over same-sex partnerships, academics have said.

Saddam Hussein's rule of Iraq was characterised by repression and brutality.

The pessimism that characterises officials' private communications on Iraq contradict the official view, says the BBC's Paul Wood.

The behaviour of England football fans has often been characterised in negative headlines. But slowly that's starting to change.

The BBC News website's Paul Reynolds analyses a speech in which Tony Blair characterised the war on terror as a "clash about civilisation".

Blur and Gorillaz singer Damon Albarn is writing a stage musical based on the multi-cultural life of London's Notting Hill. For years, Albarn's work has been characterised by worldwide influences.

Drought is used in different places to characterise a problem that has a wide range of consequences.

The breakdown of schools in counties B-M which do and do not offer daily worship, according to inspections carried out in the past four years.

The promise of wedded bliss has done little to smooth the rocky road which has characterised the relationship of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles.

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a condition with a diverse range of symptoms but particularly characterised by profound and persistent tiredness.

Problems of delays, red tape and a burgeoning health service bureaucracy have characterised the last 12 years for Jane Graham.

Stamping out the apathy that characterised the European election will be neither easy, nor quick, analysts tell BBC News Online.

Lack of interest and a protest vote characterises the latest European election, says William Horsley.

Small classes and inquiry-based learning characterise one of the latest US charter schools.

The Cassini probe, en route to Saturn, has taken amazing pictures of light and dark bands that characterise the ringed planet's atmosphere.

A top US general apologises for characterising the war on terrorism in religious terms.

Quentin Tarantino's comeback film Kill Bill proves that one man's meat is another man's poison.

It's still not really clear how this decade, let alone this century, will be characterised. We don't even know what we're supposed to be calling this decade. So in future years, how will we remember the 00s?