"Disappointing", "depressing", "embarrassing" and "shameful" were the words on the streets and in the trendy brunch bars of Reykjavik yesterday, as Icelanders voted even more overwhelmingly than predicted to return to government the centre-right political parties that oversaw their financial armageddon five-and-a-half years ago.

Why would a country whose economy was crippled by the weight of its banks’ debts want to return those responsible to power? Tom Peck takes the political temperature in Reykjavik ahead of the election

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson was overlooked as the new chair of Sport England yesterday, amid claims that her appointment, which had originally been approved by the selection panel, would have been “too political”.

The new chair of Sport England?

In the goodie bag given to finishers of the Boston Marathon on Monday was a yellow running jersey with blue writing up the sleeve, saying "Boston Marathon 2013."

Competitors observe a 30-second silence before the start of the men's elite race and runners  have been encouraged to wear black ribbons

With 65 per cent of us likely to know a sufferer, products are being devised to help patients

A year after he made waves, Tom Peck meets the unrepentant Trenton Oldfield

Exasperated police and MPs are demanding a change in the law after 14-year-old Jade Anderson was killed by a pack of dogs in a house in Wigan

‘People’s Assembly’ hope to unite those angered by the Government’s economic decisions