Chris Adams was the hero in a tight finish at Hove, where Sussex beat Lancashire with just two balls to spare.

Sons of Staines thrash it out

Four small explosions caused a major alarm at three London Tube stations and on a double-decker bus. London's police chief says some devices "have not gone off properly" and only one person was injured.

A video-editing firm wants to know the most cost-effective way to step up its marketing efforts. Kate Hilpern reports

Confrontational style of QPR midfielder does not endear him to opposition fans, as Phil Shaw discovered

THE WHO SHEPHERD'S BUSH EMPIRE LONDON

The radio industry has its own award ceremony, the Sonys, held every year at the swanky Grosvenor Hotel in London's Park Lane. The Independent on Sunday now has its own Radio Awards ceremony, which is held in my kitchen in Shepherd's Bush over two and a half bottles of cheap red plonk. And so, until a decent sponsor like Laphroaig or, even better, Lagavulin shows up, it is called the Plonkies. The results of this review of the year's best and worst broadcasting were stuffed into an envelope and read out by me in a slurred and trembly voice. And they are:

CHELSFIELD, the property developer, is expected to make a multi- million-pound compensation claim against the Hammersmith & Fulham council if environmentalists scupper its plan to redevelop White City, writes Dan Gledhill.

Andrea Henry visits two sides of the black metropolis - the threatening estate, and the enchanting street; Society Within by Courttia Newland Abacus, pounds 9.99, 310pp; The Street by Biyi Bandele Picador, pounds 10, 292pp

Jogging behind my dog in Emmerentia Park in Johannesburg early in the morning, I am ambushed by three police officers. They suddenly materialise at the top of the slope we are panting our way up, their hands raised, demanding we stop. It seems Zola - a cross between a Dobermann, a Labrador and a Pointer, and named after Chelsea's heroic playmaker - has beeped on their radar. Out of breath, I ask if the dog was speeding. No, they reply gravely, but you have taken him into an area of the park reserved for ducks and other wild animals. I apologise and lumber off.

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Gainsborough Studios, where Hitchcock shot his early films, was full of horror, mystery and suspense - for the staff.