Presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana have attracted a huge turnout, officials say, in a key poll for Africa.

You have been sending your views about England's chief medical officer column on how the NHS could learn from department stores, such as John Lewis.

The gloves may have come off in the US presidential race but the nastiness is unlikely to reach the Obama-McCain debates, the BBC's Jonathan Beale writes.

A new exhibition opening at the Imperial War Museum reveals the lives of 90 people involved in the Great War.

A teachers' union wants state schools in the UK to have military cadet forces to improve pupil behaviour.

If you're new to the sport our guide to the basics will provide an insight into what it's all about.

Two-time champion Serena Williams' beats unseeded Zheng Jie to join her sister Venus in the Wimbledon final.

England beat New Zealand by 114 runs in the first one-day international at the Riverside.

All the key points from the debate and vote on government plans to extend terror detentions.

From Oliver Reed to Amy Winehouse, the antics of badly behaved celebrities seem to draw us to them. Why?

The sight of two girls having a post-pub fight still has the power to shock, although it happens between men all the time. So why are women doing it and why are we so offended by it?

Children should swear an oath of allegiance to enhance a shared sense of citizenship, ministers propose. Readers have suggested their own wording for a very British oath - some serious and some not.

This weekend's Republican primary in South Carolina and caucuses for both parties in Nevada may give political pundits a steer.

Rohit Brijnath on why Shanthakumaran Sreesanth's on field behaviour could earn Indian cricket a bad name.

India beat England by 38 runs under the D/L method in the fifth one-day match to bring the series back to 3-2 with two games left.

An Indian policeman is suspended after hugging convicted Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt as he was freed on bail.

Chris Langham's son tells a jury he resented the girl with whom the actor is accused of having underage sex.

India reach 137-3 at the close of play at Lord's after Kevin Pietersen's century sets them 380 to win the Test.

The mother of a woman who claims Chris Langham took her virginity at the age of 14 trusted him, she tells a jury.

Graeme McDowell's relaxed practice banter makes him a Carnoustie favourite