World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn is cracking down on toilet breaks to avoid gamesmanship, having grown tired of the top stars wandering off mid-frame to spend a penny.

We could see where Philip Davies,  attack dog of the Tory right and scourge of all things BBC, was going with his enquiries, of course. Given that the Question Time audience were supposed to reflect the local community, how would political balance be ensured if the programme was airing in what he clearly saw as the left-wing People’s Republic of Bethnal Green and Bow? 

TV watchdog Ofcom has rapped ITV a trial on I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! which involved a seven-year-old child.

BBC announce Mark Chapman will present show from next season

The once-boozy game is slimming down

Surely the argument over whether this is a sport or not can be considered redundant

Taylor won his 16th world darts title after overcoming Michael van Gerwen

Football: United keep their distance from defiant neighbours

Veteran rediscovers his best game to fight back and overcome young pretender Michael van Gerwen

The World Championship has provided drama on the oche, mayhem – and fancy dress – in the crowd and shown a sport hitting 180, writes Jack Pitt-Brooke

Taylor beat Raymond van Barneveld 6-4 to set up final against Michael van Gerwen

Rosemary Shrager has been voted off I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!

The 1936 Berlin Olympics marked the first live television broadcast of a sporting event, so perhaps it's appropriate that the sofa on which Martin Kelner spends much of his time is called a Mitford, as two of the famous sisters, Unity and Diana, were big fans of Hitler.

Thief in Prince Harry phone drama jailed