The BBC's Stephanie Holmes explores what the rhetorical skills of Barack Obama reveal about the man who will become the next US president.

Noel Martin, who was paralysed in an attack 12 years ago, plans to commit suicide with the help of the Swiss clinic Dignitas. Here, broadcaster Liz Carr appeals in an open letter to Noel, for him to think again about talking his life.

It has been 17 years in the making, but is Guns N' Roses new album any good?

The former chairman and chief executive of Manchester United tells a court how more than £7m was stolen from him.

Has the Democratic victory has changed the model of US presidential politics in the longer term.

Tourist operators in Wales want a shake-up in the way the industry is run by the assembly government.

It's hard to imagine too many similarities between the cerebral game of chess and the bone-juddering discipline of boxing and yet there is a new sport that melds the two.

Until a few days ago, Britain was admired and respected by the average Icelander. But the UK's moves to seize the assets of this isolated European state have provoked a backlash of feeling and escalating resentment.

Up to 10% of people have their MP3 players too loud and risk permanent hearing loss, a study suggests

Does the financial crisis mean America's days as the only superpower are numbered? asks the BBC's Paul Reynolds.

West Ham will not be able to take their appeal in the Carlos Tevez affair to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

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

West Ham will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport over the ruling against them by an independent tribunal hearing into the Carlos Tevez affair.

BBC Sport's James Munro examines Tuesday's tribunal ruling

Sheffield United chairman Kevin McCabe says an independent tribunal has ruled against West Ham over the Carlos Tevez affair.

Why economic problems must not derail progress on the Millennium Development Goals, which the UN assesses this week.

After 10 months of speculation, the case of three people accused of killing British student Meredith Kercher is before the courts.

A revamp of the NHS workforce in London could cause "irrevocable damage" to medics' careers, doctors say.

Russian troops are seen leaving the Georgian port of Poti, days after striking a deal with the EU to pull out of the country.

Russia accuses the EU of duplicity over an agreement with Georgia on where EU ceasefire monitors can be deployed.