Rio Ferdinand gets starry-eyed over Maradona, plus top chants

Boo Weekley learns to love the Ryder Cup as Nick Faldo's gags fall flat

Today it's reduce, reuse, recycle. For earlier generations, make do and mend. Done assiduously, the result is next to no rubbish. With zero waste the goal for many councils, a life-long adherent shares her tips.

West Indies win the deciding one-day international at Trent Bridge by 93 runs to take the series 2-1.

Ad Breakdown looks at the Skoda made out of cake and admires the sound of its music.

Geeta Pandey admires the cleanliness of Surat, and hears about the next dirt problem facing the city.

A three-week plankton trawl in the Atlantic has gathered more than 1,000 specimens, some new to science.

A compound in cranberries may help prevent tooth decay and cavities, research suggests.

The BBC's Neil McGreevey goes all gory over the latest horror-themed and beat-em-up titles.

To mark National Stop Snoring Week, here are nine homespun remedies for quietening that nocturnal racket. Tell us your 10th.

An ice pebble was almost certainly the first thing the Huygens probe struck as it landed on Titan, scientists say.

Musician and writer Paul Morley pays tribute to John Peel, who he credits with shaping his music tastes.

A nine-year-old boy with leukaemia has inspired a video game to help children understand and deal with cancer.

The fad for low-carb diets is hurting profits at the US doughnut maker, triggering a slide in its share price.

Mark Williams will hope his defeat to Joe Perry is not related to becoming a father.

BBC Wales' Parliamentary correspondent records all the Welsh happenings in Westminster.

Mining has gone hi-tech but 1,000m down, life at the coalface is still dirty and tough, writes BBC News Online's Christine Jeavans.

A major police alert is sparked by a man who thought an alien toy in his garden was a foetus.

A water company in the eastern region is warning customers not to tip their turkey fat down the drain.

Can you better our sporting path from Gary Charles to Alan Dickens in six steps?