Today

American refuses to be blown off course by high winds and comes from behind for second major

Tories fear spot checks and billboards are a political gift to Ukip

There's a thrill to rummaging through old green-and-cream Penguin paperbacks and stumbling across a familiar face. Freeman Wills Crofts' cover photograph shows he was always avuncular. Born in Dublin in 1879, he remained a railway engineer for most of his working life, and there was very little he couldn't tell you about arched, reinforced concrete viaducts. He didn't become a full-time writer until he was 50, and unexpectedly decided not to explore the world of railway drainage schemes but instead turned to mysteries, creating the excellent Inspector Joseph French.

Communities Secretary argues renting out spaces can help households increase their income 

Government department faces investigation into ‘racial profiling’ of stop-and-search as Equality and Human Rights Commission demands explanation for the random operations

School summer holidays are in full swing - but the Great British exodus to the sun is a relatively new invention

The rupee rules at the wicket today. But can the old game survive in a new economic era?

An English woman teaching in Spain was on the train before it crashed. Oscar Quine hears her story

Equalities watchdog says it will investigate the operations, with one member of the public saying it was akin to 'Nazi Germany'

'Overhead wire problems' cited for closure

More than 150 jobs were axed today after a rail repairs and refurbishment company went into administration, with hundreds more workers facing redundancy, unions said.

Pop music producer Pete Waterman is a surprise inclusion on a new taskforce set up to maximise the economic benefits of the High Speed Two (HS2) rail project.