Andy Jameson explains why the double Olympic swimming champion deserves to be a Sports Personality contender

Andy Jameson explains why the double Olympic swimming champion deserves to be a Sports Personality contender

The UK's Climate Change Bill could cost each family in the UK up to £10,000, warns Conservative MP Peter Lilley.

After more than 5,000 gigs over 35 years, rock fan Ray Morrissey can claim to be Britain's most prolific concert-goer.

The BBC's Soutik Biswas on how India is being affected by the piracy in the Gulf of Aden.

Chelsea go back to the top of the table and there are also wins for Tottenham, Middlesbrough and Fulham.

Among those hardest hit by the global financial crisis are Russia's super-rich oligarchs, who are being forced to go cap in hand to Kremlin, begging for a bailout - though help will not come for free.

A tribal Indian woman who worked as a housemaid is now leading the campaign against a major corporation, reports the BBC's Moushumi Basu.

Almost two decades on from the difficult birth of multi-party democracy in much of Africa, the BBC's Focus on Africa magazine asks whether the continent should be held to western standards of democracy?

The ambition of England's opponents belies their status as minnows

Boyd Rankin says Ireland will head to Nairobi "full of confidence" after keeping their Intercontinental Cup hopes alive in remarkable fashion.

Political activists tortured under former President Daniel arap Moi dismiss compensation as paltry.

More than 1,000 drain covers have been stolen in County Durham so far this year, highways chiefs say.

Aston Villa and Manchester City both reach the first round of the Uefa Cup.

Nottinghamshire Chief Executive Derek Brewer hopes that Tuesday's one-sided international won't discourage fans from attending in the future.

Mortgage lending by major banks flattened out in July but the amount borrowed for day-to-day spending slowed, figures show.

A series of 24-hour strikes by workers at Stansted, Gatwick and Manchester airports is called off.

Talks take place in a bid to avert planned strikes that could cause travel problems at Manchester Airport.

Cabin staff and baggage handlers are to stage two 24-hour strikes at Manchester Airport, it is announced.

Derbyshire re-ignite their promotion ambitions with a seven-wicket win over Middlesex on the last day.