Lord Patten tells the Sunday Telegraph his love of the BBC World Service made protecting it a "priority" - particularly the "core" Arabic, Somali and Hindi services.

England Under-21 manager Stuart Pearce insists his side are capable of beating highly rated rivals Spain in their European Championship opener on Sunday.

The first pictures are released of US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords since she was shot in the head meeting constituents in Arizona.

Live coverage of the British MotoGP from Silverstone. (UK only)

Sir Clive Woodward would have to give up his Olympic role to return to the Rugby Football Union, chairman Martyn Thomas has said.

Casey Stoner wins the British MotoGP at Silverstone to take over the championship lead as defending champion Jorge Lorenzo crashes out.

Christine Lagarde wins support for IMF job from Egypt and Indonesia as Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer joins the field.

Nick Clegg is next week expected to claim the Lib Dems have got their way in coalition battles over a planned shake-up of the NHS in England.