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BBC bosses told: Dig deep to win back the Ashes

13.11.09
BBC bosses told to budget for a major bid to put home Ashes Tests back on free-to-air TV... more

Can the viewers win the battle for the Ashes?

13.11.09
Today David Davies, one-time BBC presenter and former Football Association executive director, presents his proposals to ensure that much-loved events in the British sporting calendar should be on free-to-air TV... more

Brown has revenge as Murdoch's Sky loses Ashes

12.11.09
Labour exacts revenge over the Sun’s criticism of Gordon Brown by axing Sky Sports’ exclusive rights to live TV coverage of The Ashes... more

Sponsors want Ashes back on terrestrial television

12.10.09
England's home Test cricket sponsors npower hope the Ashes will return to terrestrial television - and appear more inclined to continue their own financial support if they do... more

Glenn Hoddle reveals bomb threat to England

08.10.09
Glenn Hoddle has revealed how England's footballers escaped a bid to assassinate them at the 1998 World Cup in France... more

London set to receive £3m boost from weekend of international sport

14.08.09
London expects to earn £3.35 million from hosting top sports events this weekend as a warm-up to the London 2012 Olympics... more

Rebecca Adlington is fired up by 2012 fan power

27.07.09
Rebecca Adlington took inspiration from Federica Pellegrini's 400 metres freestyle victory at the World Championships in Rome... more

Brown's got time ... to call Talent judges over Boyle

01.06.09
Gordon Brown today spoke of his concern about stricken Britain's Got Talent runner-up Susan Boyle.... more

Profile: Mr and Mrs Expenses

14.05.09
Just twenty-four hours ago, Andrew MacKay, a long-standing Tory MP and a key member of David Cameron's inner circle assured the local paper for his Bracknell constituency there was nothing 'unreasonable' in his expenses... more

Champion swimmers see 2012 centre take shape

11.05.09
The British swimming squad, including double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington, have visited the London 2012 Aquatics Centre... more

Activists contributed to death says Tory MP

16.04.09
A Tory MP who is a special constable in London today partly blamed G20 protesters for the death of Ian Tomlinson... more

Anger over Bronson's jail plea for freedom at film premiere

06.03.09
Britain's most notorious prisoner is to broadcast a plea for his freedom at the premiere of a film about his life... more

Burnham in TV cricket boost

23.01.09
Cricket could return to terrestrial television after it emerged that Andy Burnham, the Culture Secretary, favours the game being protected... more

Fury at Sir Ian Blair’s £1m pot of gold

10.11.08
Sir Ian Blair is to get a pay-off worth £1million, it was revealed... more

Corporation attacked for offensive joke about the Queen

31.10.08
The BBC has been attacked for a series of risqué jokes that have been allowed to air across its network... more

Attack dog Humphrys hounds his BBC boss

31.10.08
BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons is on the rack over the corporation's failings in the Jonathan Ross obscene phone calls row... more

Choir welcomes home Welsh winners

26.08.08
Welsh Olympic medal winners were given a heroes' homecoming by thousands of fans... more

How much further can they go? Channel 4 strands children on an island for 'real-life Lord of the Flies'

22.08.08
Channel 4 is to screen a 'real-life Lord of the Flies' in which 20 children aged between eight and 11 live with each other to see how they cope without adults.... more

Nice guy Davies splashes out in lakeside drama

21.08.08
Exhausted to the point of delirium, battered swimmer David Davies had to be carried off to an ambulance after earning the most courageous medal of any British athlete at these Olympics... more

Britain rules waves with two more medals

21.08.08
Britain took gold and silver in the water with sailors and a swimmer scooping up medals... more

Patten and Payne in medals after open water drama

20.08.08
Keri-Anne Payne and Cassie Patten produce an incredible show of endurance to claim silver and bronze in the 10km open water swimming... more

Veteran Foster is back in the old routine for Beijing

03.06.08
British swimmer Mark Foster is enjoying a fresh lease of life at the age of 38 thanks to a more relaxed regime.... more

Father is killed by train as he tries to retrieve gifts for his family

15.05.08
A father died falling from a train as he tried to jump back onboard to retrieve presents for his family... more

British prodigy Daley takes European title

25.03.08
Tom Daley wins European 10 metres diving gold while still two months short of his 14th birthday ... more

100 children go missing from classes

12.03.08
Nearly 100 children are missing from school in London in areas where there is a high risk of forced marriage, new official figures have revealed... more

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