A handful of violent and degrading attacks on disabled people have provoked outrage among the press and public. But are they isolated cases or one end of a spectrum of intimidation and violence that many disabled people encounter?

The BBC's Jill McGivering looks at how the Paralympics could help change prejudice in China towards the disabled.

Paul Collingwood rescues England with an courageous century on day three of the third Test.

The leaders of Venezuela and Colombia decide that co-operation is better than confrontation - but for how long?

Justin Gimelstob's amazing rant about Anna Kournikova, plus Laura Robson

Tennis player Justin Gimelstob apologises describing several female players as "sexpots".

Andy Murray and Rafa Nadal are in superb form as they reach the fourth round, as defending champion Venus Williams and Jelena Jankovic also advance.

Young Kashmiris losing interest in separatism?

Marat Safin shocks Novak Djokovic and Ana Ivanovic squeezes through but Roger Federer wins easily on day three.

New Zealand beat England in a remakable one-day international with last man Mark Gillespie running two from the final ball.

Management speak - don't you just hate it? Emphatically yes, judging by readers' responses to writer Lucy Kellaway's campaign against office jargon. Here, we list 50 of the best worst examples.

A crowd protests outside a Coleraine school over a visit by Irish President Mary McAleese.

Irish voters reveal how they will vote and what the main issues are for them in the crucial referendum on the EU's Lisbon Treaty.

Once hostile to the US, young people in France's banlieues are being helped to gain a better understanding of American society, the BBC's Emma Jane Kirby says.

They're outraged over their portrayal in newspapers but are emos a weird rock cult or the nicest group of teenagers you're likely to meet?

Manchester United beat Chelsea 6-5 in a dramatic penalty shoot-out to win the Champions League.

Premier League footballer Joey Barton is jailed after admitting committing assault and affray in Liverpool.

The governor of the Bank of England says it's been a nice decade, but is niceness really something to strive for?

The BBC's Mike Thomson looks at aid agencies' attempts to bypass Burma's military leaders and bring help to cyclone victims.

Whether it's Heather Mills or Kerry Katona, the celebrities that ordinary people vilify tend to be women. Why?