Fundraiser that was short on fun offers apologies and refunds to angry guests

Whether swimming the Atlantic or running multiple marathons, they are raising the stakes

An expectant mother is due to carry the Olympic torch in Bath - just 24 hours before she gives birth.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she has no desire to make for another run for the highest office in the land but hopes to see a female US president in her lifetime.

A paralysed woman set to become the first person to walk the London Marathon in a bionic suit will not receive a medal when she finishes because she has taken too long.

From hiking up volcanoes to biking round Europe, charity challenges have wide-reaching benefits

The family of Claire Squires, who died while competing in the London Marathon, today paid tribute to an "an incredible, inspirational, beautiful and driven person" as donations to her charity rose towards £500,000.

She set out with £400 pledged to Samaritans. Now donations have reached six figures

Donations to an "inspirational" runner who collapsed and died during yesterday's London Marathon passed £200,000 this evening as money continued to flood into her fund-raising website.

Institution that trained Helen Mirren and Daniel Craig in trouble after 'overstretching itself'

President stops off on his campaign trip to consider how far the US has come on its civil rights journey

Sir Ian Botham has hit out at critics of England Test skipper Andrew Strauss and expects him to remain in charge for the next couple of years.

A first edition of Oscar Wilde's The Importance Of Being Earnest, dedicated by the writer to his first gay lover, is going under the hammer.

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