A series of bomb blasts in Bahrain's capital killed two people today, according to authorities, a sign that some factions within the opposition may be increasingly turning to violence in the nearly 21-month uprising against the Gulf nation's Western-backed rulers.

Blackburn boss Steve Kean has held talks with Christopher Samba and told the unsettled defender he will not be sold.

One of Britain's biggest councils is to scrap controversial proposed parking charges, it said today.

It is rare for any artist performing in rowdy Camden to get reasonable concentration, but when Michael Kiwanuka plays quietly, you can rattle the change in your pocket as percussion.

The Bob of the title is Bob Wills, one of the daddies of western swing, that jovial place where jazz and country convened to slap their thighs in merriment in the middle of the last century.

A man will appear in court today charged with killing a 28-year-old who suffered a head injury outside a nightclub.

The struggling nightclub operator Luminar unveiled another sales slump and a £123m slide into the red yesterday.

Crystal Palace have today named Paul Hart as their new manager to replace Neil Warnock.

You will know by now I am making the short trip (only about two hours by car) across London from Crystal Palace to QPR.

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Andy Murray is bidding to end Britain's 73-year wait for a men's Wimbledon Champion at the All England Club this week.