Matt Stevens has been ruled out of England's three-Test summer tour to South Africa after suffering a shoulder injury.

A coach driver is to stand trial following the death of a man in a motorway pile-up.

An 11-year-old girl needed hospital treatment after binging on a "vast quantity" of vodka, police said.

Samoa may be a small rugby nation, but it makes an awful lot of noise – especially when the brilliant centre Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu is in the thick of things.

Police are questioning two men on suspicion of terrorism offences after more than 100 homes were evacuated.

Wasps beat the drop by trusting their academy – all clubs must learn that such patience is a virtue

Five years after flooding devastated Tewkesbury, heavy rainfall and rising river levels have put the historic Gloucestershire town on a high flood alert once again.

Heavy rain and strong winds continued to lash England and Wales yesterday, bringing gusts of up to 60mph and flooding to agricultural land. As fierce storms pounded South-west and South-east England and the Midlands, the Environment Agency issued 17 flood warnings, and expressed particular concern about the rising levels of the river Severn.

Though one perennial anomaly persists, with a "new" season starting at Ludlow and Wetherby tomorrow, little else is routine about the final day of the jumps season.

Plans for elected police commissioners suffered a setback yesterday when a chief constable resigned in protest over the scheme.

Though serving its traditional role as both the final fling of the jumps season and a test of the new order established at Cheltenham last month, the Punchestown Festival must this week absorb one or two challenging incongruities.

Sale are on the verge of qualification for next season's Heineken Cup, thanks to a 24-19 win over Gloucester at Kingsholm yesterday. The Sharks are sixth in the Aviva Premiership, needing one point from their last match, at home to Harlequins, to confirm their place regardless of what would be a rather unlikely victory for Bath at Leicester.

Three people have been arrested by police investigating the murders of four family members.

Bryan Redpath has resigned as Gloucester's head coach with immediate effect.