Favourite Camelot will head the smallest Epsom Derby field for more than a century as nine runners line up in the big race on Saturday.

England manager Roy Hodgson says any racism towards players at Euro 2012 should be tackled by Uefa and match officials.

A soldier from 1st Battalion, the Royal Welsh has been shot dead during a foot patrol in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.

A Egyptian court is due to decide whether ex-leader Hosni Mubarak is guilty of conspiracy in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising.

Vladimir Putin resists Western pressure to back stronger measures against Syria, arguing that Kofi Annan's peace plan is still the best solution.

Syria is sliding towards all-out civil war, British Foreign Secretary William Hague warns.

Promiscuity, and divorce have reached epidemic proportions in the UK, the Bishop of London says, as he urges people to restore relationships.

A campaign to rename the tower housing Big Ben for the Queen receives the backing of the majority of MPs.