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Vicks recalls nasal sprays amid health fears

2009-11-20T07:41:48Z

Match-fixing inquiry leads to 17 arrests

2009-11-20T15:19:36Z

Police have arrested 17 people in connection with a matchfixing inquiry relating to around 200 matches across Europe

Manchan shows desperate plight

2009-11-20T13:01:41Z

With some gusto, Manchan tells the astonishing true story of a group of illegal immigrants

Didier Drogba and Michael Ballack give Chelsea a new fitness boost

2009-11-20T08:57:37Z

Chelsea have been lifted by the news that Michael Ballack and Didier Drogba are already back in light training and have a chance of playing against Wolves

Lee Westwood can take the heat but Rory McIlroy wilts after super start

2009-11-20T09:16:38Z

Briton seizes the initiative in race to be the European No1 as rival struggles to maintain his early pace

Guus Hiddink ponders his future after Russia failure

2009-11-19T08:54:41Z

Guus Hiddink needs "time for thought" over his future after his Russia side failed to qualify for next summer's World Cup

I'm not Berti Vogts, says Csaba Laszlo

2009-11-19T16:08:12Z

Csaba Laszlo has insisted he is no Berti Vogts and claimed outwitting the former Scotland boss was all too easy

Controversial goals

2009-11-19T15:31:22Z

After Thierry Henry handed France a ticket to the World Cup with a controversial assist, we look at five other goals involving handball

Truth about the sex trade from Edward Kienholz

2009-11-19T12:14:26Z

Edward Kienholz is the forgotten father of installation art - and his evocation of the red light district of Amsterdam captures the truth about the sex trade

This Government is concerned only with surviving

2009-11-19T09:06:32Z

Is that it? That was my reaction as I stood at the back of the House of Lords with other MPs listening to the Queen's Speech

No quick fix for this property problem

2009-11-18T08:00:19Z

�I heard scream and Foxy Knoxy fled just before Meredith died�

2009-11-18T13:57:58Z

A man appealing against his conviction for the murder of Meredith Kercher claims he heard her argue with fellow suspect Amanda Knox minutes before he found the British student dying in agony

Ashley Cole�s set to return as Chelsea overcome their injury crisis

2009-11-17T13:40:59Z

Left-back is ready to face Wolves this weekend while Terry, Drogba and Ballack are also hoping to be fit

It's not time for a Zaha Hadid backlash

2009-11-17T09:35:49Z

The world's most glamorous architect has just unveiled a futuristic new museum in Rome - and her Olympic Aquatics Centre is taking shape. They may be extravagant, but there is still value in thinking big

Corry Evans looking to older brother to provide blueprint for success

2009-11-17T09:40:19Z

Corry Evans is determined to emulate his elder brother Jonny and break into both the Manchester United and Northern Ireland senior teams

Jenson Button�s rift with Brawn is growing

2009-11-17T08:47:26Z

With the reigning world champion seemingly destined to join McLaren, his split with old team is getting acrimonious

German manufacturing rise another boost for eurozone

2009-11-09T13:33:25Z

The economic recovery in Europe gathered pace today after a rise in Germany�s industrial output

Sex, lies and the Stasi

2009-11-09T09:27:57Z

On this day in 1989 the Berlin Wall was finally breached, ending the reign of East Germany�s feared security service. Here Anne McElvoy, who spent much of the Eighties in the city, recalls her encounters with the spooks

I'd never play for England, says hot Aaron Hunt

2009-11-03T09:52:35Z

Werder Bremen forward Aaron Hunt admits he is "flattered" by rumoured interest in him by Fabio Capello but has ruled out playing for England

Wind power blow as Germans stay nuclear

2009-10-14T06:35:39Z

Renewable energy industries in Germany are set for a double blow as the new government plans to increase the life of nuclear power stations while reducing subsidies for wind and solar farms

Germany to build 40 offshore wind turbines

2009-09-14T14:43:45Z

Germany announced plans to build 40 more offshore wind farms in a move that would create 30,000 jobs

FTSE hits new year high

2009-08-13T08:13:05Z

The FTSE 100 index of leading shares hit its highest level so far this year on hopes that the global recession could be ending more quickly than expected

Europe's battered economy continues headlong decline

2009-05-15T08:37:15Z

The crisis in the German and French economies has deepened in the last three months

Volkswagen workers stage hunger strike

2009-04-01T08:03:58Z

One man is in hospital and several more are said to be ill as a result of a hunger strike at the gates of a Volkswagen plant in Germany

Joachim Low wary of Wales

2009-03-31T15:33:57Z

Football: Germany coach Joachim Low has likened Wales to "a wounded fighter who wants to retaliate" ahead of the World Cup qualifier at the Millennium Stadium

�Scrapping bonus� is a boost for car sales

2009-02-27T08:46:43Z

Engineering: The German government�s �scrapping bonus� where people are offered 2500 euros (�2231.9) to junk cars nine years old or more if they buy a new vehicle, seems to be working

Drunk soldier steals one armoured car, crashes it and steals another

2009-02-20T14:25:30Z

A British squaddie is under arrest in Germany for allegedly joyriding in two armoured vehicles and running a Military Police patrol off the road

Dark time for Europe as recession deepens

2009-02-13T09:24:29Z

Economics: Europe is bracing itself for a deep and prolonged recession after figures showed the German and French economies in sharp decline

Shockwaves as Germany goes into recession

2008-11-13T09:20:53Z

The global economy takes a new battering as Germany becomes the first major nation to officially enter recession

German banks 'facing closure'

2008-10-09T09:22:19Z

Credit crunch: Germany's banks will be dragged into consolidation and forced to cut costs in the wake of the global financial crisis, analysts say