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Rugby union: Warren Gatland warns that captain Ryan Jones must show he is worth his place

The Wales head coach, Warren Gatland, may have kept faith with the players who started - slowly - against South Africa two weekends ago but he left a number in no doubt that their hold on the jersey beyond Saturday's Test...

Australian navy to get 62-day Christmas leave

Australia's navy has been given a two-month Christmas break, in the hope that by making naval life more family friendly, it will attract the 2,000 recruits needed for the service to achieve its target strength of 15,000...

Hannah Jones' wish granted as company insures Disney trip

A terminally-ill teenager who refused a heart transplant has been granted her wish - a holiday in Disneyworld. Hannah Jones, 13, said she was “delighted” after a British company stepped in to provide travel insurance for the...

Reed exit manual

Amid attempts by Reed Elsevier chief Sir Crispin Davis to complete the sale of Reed Business Information before he signs off next March, it seems the moustached mien of Gerard van de Aast will never grace the video link to...

Foreign players hurting England, says Oliver Bierhoff

The FA is unlikely to take kindly to receiving advice from the nation that has become its greatest rival, but Oliver Bierhoff's unsolicited lecture on the problems facing English football will have brought nods of agreement...

Tom Jones to go busking in London

Tom Jones: The ladies can't keep away Tom Jones will be giving unsuspecting members of the public a rare treat tomorrow when he goes busking in London. BBC2's Culture Show are filming him as he performs three songs outside the...

Man of letters: Alistair Cooke's century

Alistair Cooke, perhaps not the finest but surely the most famous of all foreign correspondents, was born 100 years ago tomorrow. His weekly radio broadcast, Letter From America, began on 24 March 1946. The last one was...

NHS Trust boss quits

Nov 19 2008 by Gregory Tindle, Western Mail THE chairman of Wales’ largest NHS trust has resigned to become the boss of an executive head-hunting company. Simon Jones has been the chairman of Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust for six...

Defoe defied as the Hammers grab point

West Ham 0 Portsmouth 0 THERE WAS a time when a goalless draw that signalled your seventh game without a victory would be greeted with a barrage of boos, especially when it was in a home game with Portsmouth, writes DAVE EVANS....

Horton leads Panthers past Lightning in shootout

Nathan Horton was credited with the game-winning tally in the shootout and the Florida Panthers edged instate rival Tampa Bay, 4-3, at St. Pete Times Forum. Bryan McCabe scored twice and David Booth also tallied in regulation...

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