A £50bn UK bank rescue plan, global interest rate cuts. Follow how the rescue unfolded on this page. Read BBC Business Editor Robert Peston's viewand BBC Political Editor Nick Robinson's view. Send ...

Satellite images released by the US State Department show changes in the civilian "safe zone" in northern Sri Lanka, the heart of the conflict between the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan forces.

Sources: CIA World Factbook, Global Security, 2006 Iran census, Petroleum Economist, Times Atlas. Bookmark with: Delicious; Digg; reddit; Facebook; StumbleUpo ...

The BBC Sport website is available on your mobile phone. Get live scores/results and latest news any time, anywhere. Go to the web browser on your mobile and type in ...

To view the advanced features of this page you need to have a Javascript enabled browser and the Macromedia Flash plugin installed on your system.

Think of the open-side flanker as your 'rat-up-a-drainpipe' type player, if you will, or the 'groveller'. Because defensive lines are so tight in the modern game, the open-side's role is turning rucks ...

One-day cricket is all about scoring quickly - it's the fielding side's job to keep the runs down and pick up wickets. Unlike Test cricket, the fielders are spread out to save the runs. In July 2005, ...

Regulation football is played by two teams of 11 players but there is a variety of formations that can be employed. In a ...

A cricket ball is round and hard, right? Well, not exactly. Many players claim the white balls used for limited-overs games have more swing and more sting than the more traditiona ...

Teams start a match with the same resources - the number of overs they receive and number of wickets in hand. If a match is shortened once it is started, so the resources are reduced. For example, if ...

The straight drive is one of the most classical shots in a batsman's repertoire. It is usually played to a full length ...

A list of the chemicals, known as adulterants or cutting agents, used to dilute cocaine powder in the UK. Laboratory analysis was made on cocaine seized by police and customs officials.