A care assistant was jailed today after she was caught on a hidden camera hitting and abusing a vulnerable 89-year-old woman in her care.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is spending billions of taxpayers' rubles on 20 luxurious residences, 43 jets and four yachts, an opposition leader has claimed.

Double gold medallist delights capacity crowd two days after the birth of his twin daughters

Everton defender John Heitinga is determined to stay at the club and fight for his first-team place.

With Election Special, Ry Cooder extends the outraged political perspective of last year’s outstanding Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down into election year, with another set of what he called that album’s “simple tools for citizens under siege”.

There has been a significant silence over the past two weeks from those who like to nag about productivity. After the Diamond Jubilee, they complained that an extra holiday had made a dent in gross national product. Later, they muttered that bank holidays were not cost-effective, and should be rethought.

Glyndeborne's double bill of Ravel operas captures the composer's delicate touch and ability to combine laughter and pain

Grandmother's partner is arrested - but questions are raised over why detectives did not make crucial discovery sooner

Iceland 33 Hungary 34 (after double extra time)

Ravel’s small, perfectly-formed oeuvre includes just two short operas, but the second, ‘L’enfant et les sortileges’, is a masterpiece.

Londoner Perri Shakes-Drayton tonight powered into the semi-finals of the 400m hurdles, in the Olympic Stadium she can see from the end of her street.

Falling water levels are killing fish and harming exports

Sit-down fencer Shin A-lam will be going home with a real Olympic medal after all.

Victoria Pendleton claimed Great Britain's third gold medal in two days of competition at the London 2012 Olympic velodrome with a stunning triumph in the Keirin.