Standards in the tourists' dressing room have been slipping for ages, but they haven't been this low since 1987

It takes more than low-cut gowns and Darcy's skinny breeches to trigger a sexual free-for-all

A self-proclaimed “animal lover” has admitted to being the person  that caused outrage and amusement in equal measure when he was captured on camera attempting to punch a police horse in Newcastle last Sunday.

Terry Kirby selects the best bottles to buy

Obituaries promoted on the front page of a broadsheet and language that would never pass in a UK paper demonstrate a vastly different set of values

Bloodied and bandaged, Tuilagi triumphs over Bastareaud in heavyweight clash that highlights the modern game's obsession with collisions and brute force

A former professional boxer has been jailed for seven years for killing a stranger with one punch outside a pub.

Hansel And Gretal actress Gemma Arterton has revealed that some of the combat training she underwent for the role paid off when she punched a homeless man in the face for squeezing her bottom.

Boss reports 8% rise in earnings

Battery rethink for Dreamliner

If you're clever enough to get all the literary references in this show, you're way beyond watching it

Punch Taverns took another kicking after its chief executive, Roger Whiteside, walked out to take charge of Greggs, the bakery chain. You can see why. Punch, an advert for everything that was wrong about the debt-fuelled madness which infected corporate Britain before the credit crunch, still faces significant problems.

Some top tips if you want to have a good night and get served

Employed new fathers have been able to take advantage of two weeks’ paid paternity leave for a while now.