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.

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

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.

The Queen's representative in Australia reportedly becomes the first serving governor-general to publicly back the country becoming a republic.

How England are being dismantled - and spinner Graeme Swann "mangled" - by Michael Clarke's brutal Australia side

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