Blackburn midfielder Vince Grella will not play again this season after an operation on an Achilles injury.

The fit-again Cesc Fabregas, Robin van Persie and Theo Walcott are all in contention to make Arsenal's starting line-up for Saturday's game against Blackburn.

A council apologises after a paralysed cyclist is told he must pay for repairing the railings on which he was impaled.

BBC Breakfast presenter Sian Williams will not move north with the programme when it relocates to its new base in Salford, the corporation confirms.

Forces loyal to Ivory Coast UN-backed President Alassane Ouattara surround the main city of Abidjan, closing in on his defiant rival, Laurent Gbagbo.

Gavin Henson is set to make his debut for Toulon at inside centre at home to Stade Francais in the French Top 14 on Saturday.

Plans for a £155-a-week state pension will be unveiled next week and could start in 2015 or 2016, the BBC understands.

Police investigating the shooting of a five-year-old girl in south London review CCTV footage and say the investigation is "progressing well".