Congratulations, if that is the right word for something you have no control over, to Henry Allingham, who has become the world's oldest man at the age of 113 after the death of Tomoji Tanabe, a Japanese. Allingham, one of two surviving vetera...

A popular US Christian preacher has been refused entry to Britain leaving thousands stranded at an evangelical rally in London planned for this weekend, the Home Office confirmed today. Benny Hinn, a televangelist from Texas, who draws large crowds to...

Children are being held back at school because they are forced to memorize irregular spellings and learn how to use the apostrophe, a leading academic will claim this week. John Wells, Emeritus Professor of Phonetics at University College London and...

Do you worry about your calorie intake? Lie about your weight? This used to be strictly the preserve of women. Not any more. It's always assumed that new year's resolutions cause the biggest increase in people signing up to a gym but, ac...

Waste-disposal units designed to turn leftover food into electricity and fertiliser could be built around every town and city as part of a scheme being considered by ministers.

Good news from the ECB this week: more of us are playing cricket (I played four times last season for a start). This is obviously different from England players playing too much cricket, which is bad news. For the third year in a row, the number of...

Thankfully, not that Robert Key but the MP for Salisbury, whose cricketing skills are unknown. Some might say that the same could be said for his political skills: he seems to have been one of those MPs who dutifully serves his constituents for 25...

Continuing our series on the past decade. Andy Flower, VVS Laxman and Michael Vaughan are leading our polls for 2000, 2001 and 2002. Vote on the player of 2003 at the foot of this post. 2003 The year in summary: England: Arguably, 2003 was the...

Last night's legends match between West Indies and England (see earlier post) was notable for being umpired by a hat-trick of Holders. John Holder, the former Hampshire seamer who retired from umpiring in county cricket this year, and Vanburn...

If you have ever wondered how the bellicose batsmen and the canny bowlers of yesteryear would have fared in Twenty20, there is a tournament going on in the West Indies at the moment that should provide illumination. The Cricket Legends of Barbados...