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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

Angry Phil Parkinson faces FA rap

02.11.09
Phil Parkinson is facing a Football Association charge after being sent to the stands during Charlton's 3-1 defeat at Carlisle... more

Arkle favourite Crack Away Jack set to get jump start

29.10.09
Arkle favourite Crack Away Jack is set to make his eagerly-awaited chasing debut at Sandown Park... 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

Izale McLeod relieved after getting off the mark

28.09.09
Izale McLeod hopes he can finally get his Charlton career up and running after netting the winner against Exeter... more

Charlton stay top but Deon Burton fires a warning

14.09.09
Deon Burton'S fourth goal of the season kept Charlton at the top of League One but the striker warned the Addicks' promotion ambitions will face a test in the next few weeks... 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

Don’t regret your tattoo – it’s part of who you are

18.06.09
An 18-year-old Belgian is suing the tattoo artist who inked a shower of black stars over one side of her face... 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Health bosses are spending millions on unproven homeopathic treatments despite calls for funding to be withdrawn...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

Son to referee Wembley final day after dad

18.05.09
Football: Michael Oliver will referee the play-off final between Millwall and Scunthorpe 24 hours after his father, Clive, takes charge of the climax to the League Two season... more

It’ll be a bright bank holiday ... just avoid taking a train

01.05.09
Rail passengers were warned of disruption on virtually every major rail line out of London over the bank holiday weekend... more

Saracens bring in new players

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

Daggers demand answers as TV blackout costs the club £40,000

24.03.09
Football: Officials at Dagenham and Redbridge are investigating why an electrical failure caused their League Two derby with Brentford to be abandoned... 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

Brentford are planning to extend their Rhodes loan

02.02.09
Brentford manager Andy Scott wants to extend the loan of Jordan Rhodes after the Ipswich striker's hat-trick in the 3-1 win at Shrewsbury... 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

Racing set to be decimated by freezing conditions

31.12.08
The cold snap has started to take its toll on Britain's jumps meetings with both Uttoxeter and Warwick called off... more

Andy Scott's a pen pal after win

29.12.08
Andy Scott has defended his side's controversial penalty in their 2-0 win over Exeter... 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

Nevada Royale has world at his feet, says happy Nicholls

12.11.08
Paul Nicholls believes Nevada Royale has "the world at his feet" after his impressive reappearance over fences at Exeter... 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

No sleep 'til John O'Groats for cyclist on 860-mile ride

04.08.08
A London cyclist is hoping to complete an 860-mile sleepless ride from one end of the country to the other... 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

Smokers to be banned from lighting up in playgrounds

21.02.08
A London borough is to introduce a smoking ban in children's play areas... more

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