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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.

A woman was stabbed to death by her possessive boyfriend, who then killed himself, an inquest hears.

Save the Children's Burma director, Andrew Kirkwood, sends his diary of the days following Cyclone Nargis.

Sergio Garcia takes a three-shot lead into the final round of the Open after a near flawless 68 at Carnoustie.

Make-up used by the footballers' wives of Roman times goes on display in south Wales.

Last November a fast-growing lump on his left buttock sent BBC Radio 4's Nick Clarke reluctantly to his GP. Six weeks later, he was an amputee. He and wife Barbara tell their story.

A soldier found shot dead at Deepcut barracks had had been rebuffed by an ex-girlfriend, an inquest hears.

A court hears how a learner driver crashed into an eight-year-old girl before shunting another car into a house.

A learner driver admits he ran down an eight-year-old girl before causing another car to crash into a house.

The mother of a teenage girl raped in west Belfast says her daughter has been left traumatised by her ordeal.

A man caught up in a May Day protest tells the High Court he worried it could turn into another Hillsborough tragedy.

The mother of a 12-year-old girl raped in a field in Nuneaton appeals for information about the attack.

San and Tray, the Viz characters who love nothing more than swearing, sex and chips, are being scrubbed from the comic's pages.

A baby koala taken early from his mother's pouch delights staff at Sydney zoo as he begins to thrive on surrogate care.

An innovative scheme in England is working to stop young children being excluded from school.

A snap test of online dating shows men have less chance of finding love than women.

The German coach of the Iraqi football squad speaks of his World Cup dreams for a nation of "little Zidanes".

Pregnant women are urged to put their health first and to avoid trying to emulate celebrity mums like Victoria Beckham and Liz Hurley.

A pet owner wins damages after telling of poison attacks by her 'jealous' fiance.