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Olympic Challenge No.12: Air pistol with Georgina Geikie

03.10.11
Pistol shooting is all about mental toughness and concentration. Bella Blissett tries to steady her nerves alongside British hopeful Georgina Geikie... more

I'm ready to reach 'Dizzee' heights after V Festival trip

01.09.11
Liam Tancock: The three-week break was fantastic. I didn't realise it at the time but, after the worlds, I really needed the rest... more

Nicky Forster: It was Andy Scott that got Brentford to Wembley final

08.02.11
Caretaker manager paid tribute to Scott as the Bees beat Exeter 2-1 and booked a trip to Wembley for the Johnstone's Paint Trophy Final... more

Leon Legge's confident he can step out at Wembley again

07.02.11
Legge has set his sights on returning to Wembley to play in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy Final ... more

Snow chaos cancels weekend football across UK

02.12.10
Championship and Scottish Premier League matches postponed as continued snow across the UK grinds the weekend's sport to a halt... more

Savage time for Daggers

21.09.10
Dagenham and Redbridge can climb off the bottom of League One with a win over visiting Exeter... more

20 last-minute getaways

19.08.10
Impromptu breaks often end up being the most fun, so why not pack your bags and visit these places?... more

Mum has her car back but I’m still in the fast lane

26.05.10
The London Olympics swimming hopeful continues our weekly diary in the countdown to the Games... more

The Queen's Speech at a glance

25.05.10
These are the main features of the Government programme set out in today's Queen's Speech... more

Andy Scott is in seventh heaven

12.04.10
Get your bets on now for Brentford to win promotion next season if they can keep their squad together... more

Tories accuse Labour of campaigning on taxpayer-funded trips

18.02.10
Prime Minister Gordon Brown will hold his latest Cabinet awayday amid opposition claims that taxpayer-funded trips are being used for Labour campaigning... more

Leyton Orient boss Geraint Williams' fury over late show

15.02.10
Leyton Orient are denied victory over Leeds when Charlie Daniels’ injury-time own goal cancelled out Tamika Mkandawire’s header... more

Sometimes sport's silent majority must speak up

05.02.10
John Terry's team-mates have not talked in public about his affair but there is a scandal in rugby which should be brought out into the open... more

'Drunk as a lord' aristocrat gets second drink-drive ban

03.12.09
Young aristocrat who boasts about his binge-drinking habits on the internet has been banned from the roads after being caught drink-driving - for the second time... more

Emma Thompson: BNP would love your university

06.11.09
Emma Thompson attacks a university for failing to accept enough ethnic minority students - and said the BNP would like it there... more

George ready to chase big prizes with star Nacarat

30.09.09
Exciting chaser Nacarat will make his seasonal reappearance in the William Hill Gold Cup at Exeter on 3 November en route to his main target - the King George VI Chase... more

First 1,000 children are given swine flu vaccine in trial begin

29.09.09
Children in Britain received swine flu jabs today as trials for the vaccine started... more

Guide to the Guinness Premiership

04.09.09
Standard Sport runs the rule over all the teams competing in this season's championship... more

190 miss a place in university mix-up

25.08.09
Almost 200 sixth-formers given a place at a leading university have had the offers retracted after admission blunders... more

NHS 'wastes' £4.5m on homeopathy'

11.06.09
Health bosses are spending millions on unproven homeopathic treatments despite calls for funding to be withdrawn... more

Saracens bring in new players

15.04.09
Rugby union: Saracens have announced three signings as they prepare for next season ... more

Here we snow again... London hit by more travel disruption

06.02.09
London was hit by heavy snow again today, causing yet more disruption after five days of freezing temperatures... more

Muslim convert is jailed for 18 years over nail bombing

30.01.09
A Muslim convert who tried to blow up a packed restaurant in Exeter in a suicide attack was jailed for a minimum of 18 years at the Old Bailey... more

McCoy hints at Aigle D'Or snub in the Ladbroke

17.12.08
Champion jockey looks like turning down the ride on ante-post favourite for Saturday's Ascot race... more

Nailbomber 'targeted shoppers to avenge Muslims'

15.10.08
This is the terrifying moment when would-be suicide bomber Nicky Reilly brings his bombs into a crowded Exeter restaurant... more

Universities pledge to interview state pupils

24.09.08
A group of leading universities will guarantee interviews to gifted working-class teenagers amid mounting government pressure to take more students from state schools... more

Train that runs on soya and seeds

12.08.08
Train bosses are testing a new biofuelled train in a bid to avoid spiralling diesel costs... more

Woman wins £100,000 over porn on desk

06.06.08
A Network Rail signalwoman has won more than £100,000 damages after male colleagues put pornographic magazines in her in-tray... more

One thing is sure: 42 days solves nothing

05.06.08
Six weeks detention without charge will have a significant effect on liberty - and none whatsoever on terrorism. So why is the Government pursuing this deeply unpopular policy?... more

Emma Thompson's 'adopted' Rwandan son moans about Britain's 'pathetic celebrity culture'

05.03.08
Five years ago he left a life of unimaginable hardship as a child soldier in war-torn Rwanda to join one of the most successful families in Britain. Tindyebwa Agaba, the 20-year-old 'adopted' son of Emma Thompson, has lived at the actress's Hampstead home and had his university education paid for by her ... more


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