The Czech Republic will steer EU business from 1 January, but politics is less than sweet in the land that produced the sugar cube, Rob Cameron reports.

A sculpture of a giant horse, a tower of stacked cubes and a steel "nest" are the final three designs that could grace a Kent hilltop.

Jay Jopling and Sam Taylor-Wood, one of the art world's most powerful couples, announce they are to split after 11 years.

Matt Walker wins silver in the men's 50m butterfly in the Water Cube on Saturday.

Britain's Heather Frederiksen and the men's 4x100m relay team shatter world records in the Water Cube.

A campaign slogan ahead of the Czech presidency of the EU could be interpreted as euro-sceptic , Rob Cameron reports.

Brazilian Cielo Filho wins the men's 50m freestyle gold after a stunning final in the Water Cube.

British canoeist David Florence wins silver, team GB take bronze in three-day eventing, Tina Cook wins bronze in the individual eventing and Michael Phelps grabs his third gold in the pool.

Andy Murray crashes out in the first round of the men's singles tennis, but Great Britain win gold and bronze in the women's 400m freestyle.

Zimbabwean swimmer Kirsty Coventry breaks the world record for the women's 100m backstroke at the Water Cube.

Hosts China win their first two golds of the Olympics, while Britain's Craig Fallon misses out on bronze in judo.

Find out more about Olympic venues and landmarks in Beijiing, Qingdao and Hong Kong. (Text only)

A Leeds teenager sets a new national record for solving the Rubik cube blindfolded.

Organisers of the Beijing Olympics open the spectacular National Aquatics Centre.

A British artist and engineer is developing a multi-touch cube, which he hopes can get commercial backing.

A Japanese teenager wins the 25th Rubik's Cube world title, cracking the cult puzzle in just 12 seconds.

A supercomputer shows how to solve the 1980s puzzle Rubik's cube in the smallest number of moves.

An artist makes life-size sculptures of black personalities from sugar, to mark 200 years of the abolition of the slave trade.

After nearly two years, the alternate reality game Perplex City is won by a 38-year-old man from the UK.

A Cornishman reveals how he lost 16 stone (101kg) in a year on a diet of Oxo cubes.