An Olympic ticket agent has been forced to withdraw thousands of seats from sale after being bombarded by British buyers hoping to exploit a loophole in the system... more
Olympics chiefs are under pressure to explain why top tickets to London 2012 have been sold in Germany while millions of Britons had to enter a lottery to get prime seats... more
John Hillcoat’s film of Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road is ostensibly about survival after an apocalypse, but its core theme, is really paternal love.... more
England have failed with their plea to have a northern hemisphere referee put in charge of Saturday's rugby league World Cup semi-final against New Zealand.... more
It was not so much an Obama Bounce as an Obama Flop in London today. City investors appeared completely underwhelmed by Barack Obama's historic Presidential victory in the US, with share prices showing big losses as trading got under way... more
Rugby League: James Graham, the recently-crowned Super League Man of Steel, is set to make his first England start after being named in the side for the opening World Cup match against Papua New Guinea... more
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets defeated Labour to be elected. Livingstone not only backed him but some of Ken's key players are now at the heart of running the council. Stephen Robinson reports