Gary Lineker introduces the best of the action and reaction from the Premier League, featuring all 20 clubs.

US President Barack Obama signs a two-year bipartisan federal budget bill, averting the risk of a government shutdown in January.

A selection of some of the most iconic sporting images of the past year

Several newspapers focus on the scrambles at the Boxing Day sales, while photographs of Prince Harry playing football appear on many front pages.

The US has delivered dozens of missiles to Iraq and is planning a shipment of drones to help combat al-Qaeda, US and Iraqi officials confirm.

East Africa's leaders are to meet in Kenya to discuss growing violence in South Sudan, where more than 1,000 people are believed to have died.

Government departments are ordered to stop using higher-rate phone lines, which typically start with 0845 or 0870, for key public services.

The hot summer of 2013 provided a much-needed boost for UK wildlife, with butterflies, moths and grasshoppers all thriving, the National Trust says.