John Walton whitewashes defending champion Mark Webster to reach the BDO World Championship last eight.

After 75 years, east London's famous Walthamstow stadium faces closure. So has a night at the dogs run its course?

New Zealand close 64 behind at 177-5 in their follow-on after three days of the final Test.

By the last Briton to beat him, now a power plant worker

A review of the first edition of the BBC's revived Saturday-morning show Swap Shop, presented by Basil Brush.

Wednesday's papers focus on the loss by Revenue and Customs of computer discs containing the personal details of 25 million people.

The England football team's hopes of reaching Euro 2008 lie in a complicated permutation of results over the next few days. For while sport prides itself on noble virtues, it's actually all about arithmetic.

Gems from Michael Owen and Jonny Wilkinson, plus top chants

Nazi-era board games are being auctioned this week, including a game in which points were given for bombing UK cities. But what were British children playing during WWII?

Snooker tables will be taken out of south Wales fire stations to make them look "professional".

The smoking room, that most curious of social institutions, is about to meet its final demise. But will smokers still bond outside, or will they just stop?

Actress Julie Walters will play TV campaigner Mary Whitehouse in a drama for her chief target, the BBC.

"I didn't speak to one Hibs fan who backed the players"

Chelsea's Andriy Shevechenko denies giving an interview to a German website attacking manager Jose Mourinho.

Jose Mourinho on Chelsea and Rocky's plan to chase Becks around a jungle

Outspoken columnist on Italy, Zidane and Federer's blazer

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A bus driver who sported a Christmas tree on his head for the festive season adopts a new year disco ball hairstyle.

A bus driver celebrates Christmas by having an artificial tree, complete with lights, woven into his hair.

A brewery poster sent to Welsh pubs and clubs urging support for England angers some football fans.