The King George VI Chase at Kempton is rescheduled for Saturday 15 January after the attempt to stage it on Monday fell victim to the weather.

Political parties loyal to Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara call a general strike from Monday to force incumbent Laurent Gbagbo to cede power.

A nervous England lose Alastair Cook and Andrew Strauss in the first hour of day two as Australia hit back in the Melbourne Test.

The death of an 18-year-old who had been involved in a disturbance outside a Paisley nightclub is treated as suspicious.

More calories and less exercise are the reasons given for the average British man putting on 16.9lbs in weight between 1986 and 2000.

Workers at Northern Rail go on strike for two days over a dispute about bank holiday pay.

A Moscow court is due to read the verdict in the second trial of Russian ex-tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky for theft and money laundering.

A crackdown is launched by the government on UK benefit cheats who live a luxury lifestyle abroad.