British number one Andy Murray says he must improve on grass and clay in order to truly compete with the world's best players.

The first section of a new canal between Bedford and Milton Keynes is set to move a step closer.

Imerys opens a new £20m clay drying facility at its china clay site near Bugle.

An ex-policeman is found guilty of filming a teenage couple having sex for his own "gratification".

Results for athletics

Results for Thursday 21 August

Results for Friday 22 August

American Bryan Clay cruises to decathlon gold after destroying the field on Friday.

Usain Bolt collects his third gold as Jamaica win the sprint replay in a new world record after Britain's Tim Brabants wins canoeing gold and Heather Fell claims silver in the modern pentathlon.

Phillips Idowu has to settle for silver in the triple jump after sailors Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson win Britain's 17th gold and David Davies picks up a silver in the 10km swim.

The British cycling heroes in Beijing were a class apart, but they showed techniques that anyone who rides a bike can adopt and benefit from.

A 45-year-old man is in hospital with serious injuries after becoming trapped in an industrial conveyor belt.

Fire crews finally free a man stuck for almost five hours up to his waist in clay in a 12ft (3.7m) trench.

China clay company Imerys axes 42 jobs in Cornwall, blaming a slowdown in demand.

Water was once widespread on Mars, data show, raising the prospect the planet could have supported life.

Regular columnist Bill Thompson says the virtual world still needs a lot of work if it is to replace the real world.

LTA performance director Judy Murray aims to build a tennis club with its own academy in Scotland.

The organisers of the Rescorla Festival in Cornwall say they are determined to continue with the event despite road signs disappearing.

Two teenage girls are rescued from a cave in a clay embankment near a castle in Staffordshire.

An art installation featuring 40,000 clay figures is back in its Merseyside birthplace for an exhibition.