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Michael Douglas may have been displaying admirable candour when he told a journalist this weekend that his throat cancer had been caused by a virus “which…comes about from cunnilingus” – but he also sparked a minor health scare.

BBC Radio Stoke presenter Paula White was taken off-air after slurring and appearing to be drunk.

The Potters centre-back was given a retrospective three-match suspension on the basis of video evidence

An RAF surveillance aircraft has been deployed in support of the French military action in Mali, the Ministry of Defence said.

1. John Cage.

Former England international has not played since October

Stoke winger Michael Kightly insists the actions of players like Liverpool's Luis Suarez are ruining the game.

Documentary reveals guilty pleasures of art house director renowned for bleak films

Stoke manager Tony Pulis is keeping tabs on Michael Owen now the striker is a free agent but admits he is only one of a number of players under consideration this summer.

The FBI has enlisted an unlikely ally in its fight against insider trading and securities fraud: Gordon Gekko, the villainous executive from 1987 movie Wall Street, who told an audience of potential investors: "Greed, for want of a better word, is good."

Can you all please stop going back to the future?

Scientists believe they may have partly explained the mystery of the growing number of dead seals being washed up on UK shores exhibiting horrific "corkscrew" injuries.

Stoke are close to agreeing a fee with Birmingham for Scott Dann and Cameron Jerome but chairman Peter Coates admits personal terms may still be a stumbling block.