Real Madrid say they will not keep Robinho at the club against his will.

BBC political correspondent Iain Watson examines why Nick Clegg wants to position himself as a tax cutter.

Essex Police mounted unit holds a crime prevention day aimed at cutting thefts of tack, trailers and horses.

Horse owners are urged to lock their equipment away after £9,000 worth of tack is stolen in two burglaries.

Strathclyde Police puts extra effort into tacking the knife crime problem during the October holiday.

Six riding saddles which police believe may have been stolen are found on a road in Northamptonshire.

Ex-captain Jonathan Davies leads calls for Wales to change tactics if they are to make a World Cup impact.

Firefighters spend more than three hours tacking a large blaze at a disused factory in Leicester.

Iraq faces collapse unless the US and Britain change tack, a top think tank warns, as Iran sets a date for US talks.

President Bush's choice for chief of US forces in the Middle East urges a "new and different" approach in Iraq.

A large amount of saddles and horse tack, believe to be stolen, is found at a house in Surrey.

Horse owners are urged to chip their tack under another scheme to tackle equine-related crime.

The election of Romano Prodi to lead a new Italian government will mean a shift to the left in Italian foreign policy - and an end to the policies of personality conducted by Silvio Berlusconi.

Thieves who steal tack worth thousands of pounds deprive 16 young people of the chance to compete in Austria.

Interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy says France should welcome immigrants - so long as they bring new skills.

Radical Islamists are apparently being offered the chance to attack a US base in Iraq as the prize in a contest to design a new website for an Iraqi militant group.

Thousands of pounds of riding tack is stolen from stables in Kent in three separate thefts over the weekend.

The BBC's Mohammed Allie compares Swaziland and Botswana's efforts in tacking HIV/Aids.

The three main political leaders back a cross-party group of MPs who want consensus on tacking climate change.

Nick Assinder examines Michael Howard's change of tactics in the closing days of the election campaign.