Hi, I'm Tim Benjamin and this is my endurance challenge. As a 400m runner you need a lot of stamina especially in the final straight. This challenge will test your endurance to th ...

Giniel de Villiers took the overall lead of the gruelling Dakar Rally for the first time after stage six. The South African ...

Defender Ian Goodison has agreed a two-year extension to his contract at Tranmere Rovers. The 36-year-old Jamaica international has made more than 230 appearances for the League One club since joining ...

TV presenter Esther Rantzen has begun campaigning to become an MP ahead of the next general election. She will attempt to win the Luton South seat in the wake of revelations about the outgoing Labour ...

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So too is confidence building, goal setting, emotional control, concentration skills - coaches work on the mindset as well as ...

Every year, the Today programme puts together an advent calendar made up of clips which have amused, intrigued and entertained listeners. Enjoy this crop of highlights, lowlights - and turkeys.

As part of the BBC's Downturn coverage the News Channel will be reporting from around the UK to find out the reality of the ...

Insults written on a memorial to British war dead in a French cemetery have been deplored in France. One of the slogans used particularly stood out. So why do the French call the British "les rosbifs" ...

Heshu, who was described as popular and fun-loving, planned to run away from home after starting a relationship with an 18-year-old Lebanese teacher. In a letter to her parents, apparently showing she ...

The seat calculator is a rough way of converting percentage support for political parties into numbers of seats in parliament. It allows you to get an idea of what the next parliament might look like, ...

A man hooked on crime novels has been jailed for a minimum of 24 years after he admitted murdering his lover. Mark Papazian, 50, hit Gerrard Hendra, 65, over the head with a claw hammer and slit his ...