England World Cup wicket-keeper Paul Nixon has agreed a new three-year contract with Leicestershire and has been named as the new club captain. Nixon has been leading the Championship side since July ...

Mansfield Town defender Stuart Hicks has been forced to retire from football because of an injury to his right knee. Hicks played in a reserves game last week after a year out on the comeback trail.

A £50bn UK bank rescue plan, global interest rate cuts. Follow how the rescue unfolded on this page. Read BBC Business Editor Robert Peston's viewand BBC Political Editor Nick Robinson's view. Send ...

Satellite images released by the US State Department show changes in the civilian "safe zone" in northern Sri Lanka, the heart of the conflict between the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan forces.

North Korea is one of the most secretive states in the world. Its citizens cannot travel abroad and have little, if any, contact with those who visit their country. The few tourists who do make it are ...

Why not pick a number on the Pictureboard and name the personality, spot the Mystery Guest, or test your knowledge of sport in our Question of Trivia. If you have a sport question you would like ...

More than 71,000 people are dead, missing or buried under rubble following the devastating earthquake that hit China's Sichuan province. Click on the map to find out more about some of the ...

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In 1991 the US Navy used a warhead it had developed for the Tomahawk cruise missile to black out power supplies over much of Iraq. These so-called Kit-2 warheads - whose use was only revealed a year ...

Teams start a match with the same resources - the number of overs they receive and number of wickets in hand. If a match is shortened once it is started, so the resources are reduced. For example, if ...

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