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.

North Korea is one of the most secretive states in the world. Its citizens cannot travel abroad and have little, if any, contact with those who visit their country. The few tourists who do make it are ...

More than 71,000 people are dead, missing or buried under rubble following the devastating earthquake that hit China's Sichuan province. Click on the map to find out more about some of the ...

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 ...

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Snooker star Paul Hunter has died aged 27 after a battle with cancer. The Leeds player was taken into the Kirkwood Hospice in Huddersfield last Friday and died on Monday evening. The three-time ...

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A prop's main role is to scrummage, support in the line-out, tackle and hit the rucks and mauls. No matter how fast and powerful the game becomes, a prop will always be a prop. The difference nowadays ...

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, ...