Scotland's Paul di Resta joins the Formula 1 grid as he signs for Force India for 2011 alongside Adrian Sutil.

Former world number one Justine Henin is forced to retire from tennis for the second time because of a recurring elbow injury.

Police launch a fresh investigation into phone hacking at the News of the World as it emerges its head of news, Ian Edmondson, has been sacked.

World number one Rafael Nadal refuses to shed light on his injury after crashing out of the Australian Open in straight sets to David Ferrer.

Canadian singer is world's first person to graduate with Beatles masters degree.

Work on the scrapping of nine multimillion-pound Nimrod aircraft is under way at a BAE Systems factory in Stockport.

The Hubble space telescope has detected what scientists believe may be the oldest galaxy ever observed.

The first paramedic at the 7/7 bus blast expresses concern at how long back-up took to arrive, but says her sense of time passing was "blurry".