Nationalised lender Northern Rock said today that no legal action would be taken against former directors at the centre of the group's collapse last year.

Detectives armed with new forensic evidence arrested a man today in connection with the rape of a teenage girl 28 years ago.

The BBC we know and love "is in its last stages", veteran broadcaster John Simpson has claimed - adding that he expects the sack soon "in horrible circumstances".

England manager Fabio Capello has said he would have no problem playing a friendly against Spain at the Bernabeu, despite the England Football Association's qualms over the racist abuse directed at the side four years ago.

Police in Australia's far north have conducted DNA tests to identify human remains found in the stomach of a 4.3 metre crocodile, Australian media reported today.

Argentina star Lionel Messi will not face Scotland at Hampden, the South American country's football federation have confirmed.

Royal girlfriend Kate Middleton has apparently been pictured using a mobile phone while at the wheel of a car.