Sunderland defender Titus Bramble was cleared yesterday of sexually assaulting two women.

Outlook Good news has been in short supply for the embattled tour operator Thomas Cook.

Here's a nice idea. Britain's Lost Routes, a four-part series about the historical arteries of the country, following the trail of ancient pathways long ago overgrown by technological progress and changing priorities. As a way of cutting a course across the landscape it has a lot going for it, a point-to-point that touches on topology and culture and regional difference.

Today marks the start of the busiest travel weekend of the year with an estimated 2.5 million people leaving the UK for the long weekend and the school half-term holiday.

The history-making Dragon spacecraft is back on Earth. Earth

Two British Ians had a good day at the helm with double Olympic medallist Walker holding the lead just 100 miles from the finish of leg seven of the Volvo round the world race and reigning world champion Williams leading the Korea match race championship as he started his 2012 defence.

A detective sergeant was jailed for eight years today for raping a mother in her own home.

The Diamond Jubilee celebrations include the sailing of a huge flotilla along the River Thames on Sunday afternoon, with more than 1,000 boats breasting the waves.

A speeding truck carrying pilgrims crashed head-on into a bus in northern India today, killing 17 people, police said.

Tributes to 'special' man who drowned saving a five-year-old girl from the sea

A loveable Iberian terrier – just give it a little time

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