Rebecca Adlington is arguably Britain's greatest swimmer and she will be a difficult act to follow, says BBC Sport's Gordon Farquhar

Hezbollah should be placed on the European list of banned terror organisations, Israel's PM says, as the group is blamed for a deadly bomb in Bulgaria.

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong is unlikely to face criminal charges, despite his admission of drug taking.

France says hundreds of Islamist militants have been killed since its offensive began in northern Mali, and suggests troops may start pulling out in March.

Agents for author Helen Fielding have confirmed that her third instalment of the Bridget Jones' Diary book series will have an Autumn release date.

The public inquiry into the failings at Stafford Hospital, where abuse and neglect contributed to hundreds of deaths, is to publish its findings.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 strikes off the Solomon Islands in the Pacific, generating a "potentially destructive" tsunami.

Two oil paintings that gave the British public their first chance to see a kangaroo and dingo in 1773 could stay in the UK after the government introduced a temporary export bar.