Tottenham Hotspur are on the verge of abandoning their legal battle to take over the 2012 Olympic Stadium after the Games, BBC London learns.

Austria's Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner becomes the first woman to reach all 14 Himalayan summits above 8,000m (26,000 ft) without bottled oxygen, her team says.

Cheques - until recently facing the threat of abolition - should be improved and the group overseeing them overhauled, say MPs.

Patients thought to have high blood pressure should have the diagnosis confirmed at home, doctors in England and Wales have been told.

Rating agency Moody's cuts Japan's debt rating citing concerns about the size of the country's deficit and borrowing levels.

The first of two 24-hour strikes on First TransPennine Express (FTPE) trains starts after talks broke down, a union says.

Col Gaddafi vows "martyrdom or victory", reports say, after scenes of celebration following Libyan rebels' seizure of his Tripoli compound.

Three-time former US Open champion Serena Williams is seeded 28th for this year's tournament in New York as officials stick to world rankings.