After her sensational silver medal in the women's judo yesterday evening, Gemma Gibbons has a fresh challenge on her hands: Learning how to deal with with the new found fame that comes with becoming a household name overnight.

Soldiers complained today about “horrible” living conditions, boredom and a lack of Olympics tickets as Boris Johnson visited their packed warehouse base in London.

Carpetright yesterday became one of the few retailers to praise the rain, saying it had brought in customers looking for flooring and a new bed.

This charming guesthouse is the perfect base for exploring the Costa Vicentina Natural Park, says Susannah Osborne

When Nick (or Grim, as I call him; an unfortunate moniker that seems to have stuck) told me he was going to do the Radio 1 Breakfast show, I said, "But you hate mornings".

My parents were... My mother was Liverpool-Irish and my father was Guyanese and they met outside a boarding house in Liverpool that said, 'No Irish, no niggers, no dogs'. They left together hand-in-hand.

A father of three has been found guilty of having sex with his ex-wife's bull mastiff dog.

A man accused of having sex with his ex-wife's bull mastiff dog has told a court the allegation is a “total lie”.

British adults sleep more than seven hours a night on average but find it hard to get out of bed in the morning, a survey has found.

Half the nation's pet owners encourage their animals to share their bed

Hut stuff at a swish Swiss palace

Sweet dreams, whether they're in a bunk cot or with an MP3 docking system