Taylor won his 16th world title on Tuesday night, beating Michael van Gerwen

Veteran rediscovers his best game to fight back and overcome young pretender Michael van Gerwen

It says much for Tom Daley's remarkable run of form that the man who was only three months ago his fiercest critic yesterday backed the diver to break China's dominance at this summer's Olympic Games. In February, the British Diving performance director, Alexei Evangulov, publicly questioned Daley's Olympic credentials, claiming he was the fifth-best 10 metre platform diver in the world.

The body of a diver who went missing while exploring a wreck has been recovered.

An elderly woman died after waiting nearly an hour-and-a-half for an ambulance when she fell over.

Gary Anderson marked himself out as the man to beat with a slick 4-1 win over Colin Lloyd to reach the quarter-finals of the PDC World Championship at Alexandra Palace last night. From 2-2 in the first set, Anderson won eight legs in a row, needing only 10 minutes combined to win the second and third sets.

Local authorities told residents to stay indoors last night as some 150 firefighters attempted to smother a huge blaze that had been raging for hours at a chemical storage and packing company.

A ruling from the EU's top court could mark the end of the Netherlands' welcoming coffee-shop culture

Jos van Veldhoven's disc with the Netherlands Bach Society brings together one of the most famous celebrations of the Treaty of Utrecht, Handel's Te Deum and Jubilate, and William Croft's rarely performed Ode with Noise of Cannon.

Tunnelling under the prison walls has long been a favourite method of breaking out of jail, but now one female convict in the Netherlands has managed to gain her freedom by digging herself out with a spoon.

Geoff Thompson will step down as Football Association chairman next week. Thompson had been due to leave the post in the summer but announced at an FA board meeting in London yesterday that he will make way for Lord Triesman at the end of the month.