The daring new opera featuring British terrorists planning an attack is being staged next month.

India hits back against hunters who sell body parts to Asia for use in traditional medicines

Matthew Kelly, known to everyone as Paddy, was born in Dublin on 6 January 1916. His father, Laurence, served with the Machine Gun Corps on the Western Front and was killed at Ypres in 1917. Paddy's mother, Ellen, remarried after the war – and Paddy, one of seven children, spent an idyllic childhood having Huckleberry Finn-style adventures with his brother Terry.

England now have three bowlers in the world's top five. For once, this reflects exactly why they have also become the world's No 1 Test side.

When Andrew Strauss discussed the summer ahead, the word "improvement" came up regularly in conversation. The captain's first century since November 2010 underpinned an authoritative batting performance but England's return to form merely proved what most suspected: with pace on the ball, this top five is as powerful as any.

A takeaway boss has been jailed for 15 years after paying under-age girls for sex and inciting others to become child prostitutes.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India have asked for footage from a television station alleging that spot fixing is occurring in the Indian Premier League.

Delhi faces sanctions if the US determines it has not made a sharp reduction in imports

'Flying to New York on Concorde whetted my appetite for space travel'

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Launch is latest proof of escalation of arms in Asia as new report stresses the threat to rest of the world

Every year at the court of Queen Victoria, the royal household amused itself with "am-drams": costumed aristos created tableaux inspired by well-known paintings and stories.

Tomorrow: Check into the new Revere Hotel in Boston which opened this week, with 356 room and suites, a bistro-style restaurant and, later this month, the Emerald Lounge cocktail bar (reverehotel.com).