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Sir Bradley Wiggins retired from cycling in December 2016Sir Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky "crossed an ethical line" by using drugs allowed under anti-doping rules to enhance performance, instead of just for medical need, a report by MPs says. The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) select committee said it is "not in a position" to state what was in the 'jiffy bag' delivered to Wiggins at the 2011 Criterium du Dauphine. But it added there is no "reliable evidence" to back up Team Sky's claim the medical package contained a legal decongestant. The report also said Team Sky used the anti-inflammatory drug triamcinolone to prepare Britain's most decorated Olympian fo…

Bannister was knighted in 1975 and made a Companion of Honour in the 2017 New Year's HonoursSir Roger Bannister, the first man to run a mile in under four minutes, has died at the age of 88. His time of three minutes 59.4 seconds, set at Iffley Road sports ground in Oxford on 6 May 1954, stood as a record for just 46 days but his place in athletics history was assured. Bannister also won gold over the same distance at the 1954 Commonwealth Games and later became a leading neurologist. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2011. Bannister viewed running as something to be done in his spare time away from the demands of his medical studies at the University of Ox…

Bannister was knighted in 1975 and made a Companion of Honour in the 2017 New Year's HonoursSir Roger Bannister, the first man to run a mile in under four minutes, has died at the age of 88. His time of three minutes 59.4 seconds, set at Iffley Road sports ground in Oxford on 6 May 1954, stood as a record for just 46 days but his place in athletics history was assured. Bannister also won gold over the same distance at the 1954 Commonwealth Games and later became a leading neurologist. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2011. Bannister viewed running as something to be done in his spare time away from the demands of his medical studies at the University of Ox…

Bannister was knighted in 1975 and made a Companion of Honour in the 2017 New Year's HonoursSir Roger Bannister, the first man to run a mile in under four minutes, has died at the age of 88. His time of three minutes 59.4 seconds, set at Iffley Road sports ground in Oxford on 6 May 1954, stood as a record for just 46 days but his place in athletics history was assured. Bannister also won gold over the same distance at the 1954 Commonwealth Games and later became a leading neurologist. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2011. Bannister viewed running as something to be done in his spare time away from the demands of his medical studies at the University of Ox…

Brexit: Theresa May urges EU to buy into 'ambitious' vision 4 March 2018 Related TopicsBrexit Theresa May has urged the EU to get on with discussing her "ambitious but practical" vision for economic relations with the UK after Brexit. The prime minister told the BBC's Andrew Marr the "right deal for us will be the right deal for them too". In a speech on Friday, the PM admitted the UK could not expect the same marke…

Brexit: David Davis rejects 'Mad Max-style dystopia' claims 20 February 2018 Related TopicsBrexit Image copyright AFP/Getty Britain will not be "plunged into a Mad Max-style world borrowed from dystopian fiction" after it leaves the EU, the Brexit secretary will say in a speech. David Davis will say fears about a "race to the bottom" in workers' rights and environmental s…

4 March 2018 Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Counting has been going on all night at SPD headquarters in Berlin German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to form her fourth government after the opposition Social Democrats voted in favour of another grand coalition. The vote by 460,000 rank-and-file members ends five months of political deadlock since September's election. The Social De…

New homes crackdown on 'Nimby councils' - Sajid Javid 4 March 2018 Image copyright Getty Images "Nimby councils" in England that fail to build enough new homes could be stripped of planning powers, Housing Secretary Sajid Javid has warned. The government says councils will be told how many homes a year they must build and a failure to do so will see independent inspectors …

New homes crackdown on 'Nimby councils' - Sajid Javid 4 March 2018 Image copyright Getty Images "Nimby councils" in England that fail to build enough new homes could be stripped of planning powers, Housing Secretary Sajid Javid has warned. The government says councils will be told how many homes a year they must build and a failure to do so will see independent inspectors …

Carillion 'aggressively managed' accounts, report suggests 4 March 2018 Image copyright Reuters An unpublished report, commissioned by the board of the collapsed construction firm Carillion four months before its liquidation, has been released by MPs. The report, by independent consultants the firm hired, suggested Carillion had "aggressively managed" its balance sheet to…

Carillion 'aggressively managed' accounts, report suggests 4 March 2018 Image copyright Reuters An unpublished report, commissioned by the board of the collapsed construction firm Carillion four months before its liquidation, has been released by MPs. The report, by independent consultants the firm hired, suggested Carillion had "aggressively managed" its balance sheet to…

Carillion 'aggressively managed' accounts, report suggests 4 March 2018 Image copyright Reuters An unpublished report, commissioned by the board of the collapsed construction firm Carillion four months before its liquidation, has been released by MPs. The report, by independent consultants the firm hired, suggested Carillion had "aggressively managed" its balance sheet to…

Italy election: Polls set to open in unpredictable contest 4 March 2018 Image copyright Reuters Image caption Pollsters do not expect any party to win an outright majority Italians are set to vote after a divisive campaign dominated by concerns over immigration and the economy. Correspondents say it is h…

Trump steps up war of words on trade with threat to tax EU cars 3 March 2018 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTrump on new tariffs: 'We haven't been treated fairly'US President Donald Trump has stepped up his war of words over trade tariffs, threatening to "apply a tax" on imports of cars from the European Union. Mr Trump said other countries had taken advantage of the US for years because of …

14 February 2018 There are reports of casualties at a school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Police have responded to reports of an active shooter, media reports said. A local Fox news affiliate reported seeing several people being treated for injuries outside the school. View the full article