Britain's Andy Murray says he feels good and is happy with his form on clay as he prepares to begin his French Open bid with a first-round match against qualifier Eric Prodon.

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson wins the League Managers Association manager of the year award.

A committee of MPs has urged the government to support plans for controversial shale gas drilling in the UK.

Teenagers' behaviour in classrooms is getting better rather than worse - according to an OECD study which places Japan at the top of a global behaviour league.

Hundreds of passengers face UK flight cancellations because of an Icelandic volcanic eruption, but Ryanair objects to an order to ground services.

Barack Obama and David Cameron hail the US-UK relationship as "essential for us and for the world" as the president arrives in London for a state visit.

The noisy horns used by football fans celebrating the World Cup may spread diseases via fine droplets of saliva, say experts.

One person is killed and at least 20 hurt in an explosion at an Iranian oil refinery coinciding with an opening ceremony attended by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.