England coach Steve McNamara defends his decision to drop Rangi Chase for the World Cup semi-final against New Zealand.

NHS figures have highlighted the growing impact of delays in discharging patients in England once they are fit to leave hospital.

Doctor Who fans around the world should expect an "emotional wallop" at the end of the 50th anniversary episode, says the show's boss Steven Moffat.

A huge US energy supplier, Duke Energy, is fined $1m (£620,000) over the deaths of golden eagles at two wind farms in the state of Wyoming.

Crystal Palace announce former Stoke City boss Tony Pulis as their new manager on a two and a half year deal.

Latvian president Andris Berzins says the collapse of a Riga supermarket in which at least 52 people died must be treated as a case of murder.

The government is to give new tax breaks to small sports clubs in an effort to boost interest and participation.

Rescuers in the Latvian capital, Riga, spend a second night searching through the rubble of a supermarket that collapsed, killing more than 50 people.