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Strauss stars as England dominate

Andrew Strauss and Paul Collingwood move England into a match-winning position in the first Test against India in Chennai.

Premier League as it happened

Arsenal win at Chelsea, Man Utd beat Man City, Everton win at Spurs and Portsmouth beat Blackburn in the Premier League.

England v S Africa: Fourth Test, day one as it happened

England close day one of the final Test at The Oval on 49-1 after dismissing South Africa for 194.

In pictures: Robin Cook's funeral

The funeral of former Cabinet minister Robin Cook is held at St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh.

Is it time to raise the bar on drinking?

It's the law in America and now landlords in one London suburb also want to raise the drinking age to 21.

UUP vote: what was said

Three rebel Ulster Unionist MPs will not retake the party whip at Westminster despite losing a vote calling them back into the fold, says Jeffrey Donaldson.

Work and Pensions tops complaints list

People make more complaints about the way they are treated by the Department for Work and Pensions than any other government department.

Caption competition winner No 59

Venus and Serena Williams meet at the net following their US Open final which Venus won in straight sets. But who sent us the funniest caption to win a goodie bag?

Violence erupts in Nigeria again

Another outbreak of crowd violence troubles the Nigerian league with supporters fighting pitched battles on the playing area.