This Week's Andrew Neil drums viewers in to the recess after he had Ginger Baker as a guest on his programme.

Malaysia's leader calls "deeply shocking" the crash in eastern Ukraine of a Malaysia Airlines plane, which some sources claim was shot down.

At least nine Britons were on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which crashed in eastern Ukraine, with some passengers' nationalities still to be identified.

BBC Sport looks ahead to the Diamond League meeting in Monaco, as a world class field including Justin Gatlin, Shelly Ann-Fraser-Pryce and the returning Veronica Campbell-Brown take to the track.

Man City line up Barkley bid, QPR agree fee with Cardiff for Caulker, West Ham want Jenkinson, plus more.

England's major A&E units have now missed the waiting time target for 52 weeks in a row, official figures show.

Israel is prepared to "significantly widen" its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says.

A new inquest is ordered into the death of soldier Pte Cheryl James at Deepcut barracks in Surrey.