The All Blacks are one win away from a fourth Grand Slam after a hard fought victory over Ireland in Dublin this morning.

The Sonny Bill Williams experiment has been placed on the back burner for the Irish leg of the All Blacks Grand Slam rugby tour.

England's good form of 2010, winning seven of 10 Tests, comes with a mixed report card.

A Glasgow man in his 60s has become the world's first person to receive injections of foetal stem cells.

Those of us who were adults in July 1981 will never forget Charles and Diana's wedding. So how will Prince William and Kate Middleton's compare?

If Middleton follows tradition, she'll opt for a wedding band made from Welsh gold.

The announcement of Prince William's wedding adds another red letter day to a UK police diary already overflowing with costly events.

Five months after Irish No 8 Jamie Heaslip brazenly kneed the All Blacks captain in the back, McCaw barely recalls the incident ahead of presumably their next encounter

Roger Hall cruises the Baltic and relishes his time in fascinating ports of call without having to think about about much else.

A growing number of companies are buying so-called 'disgrace insurance' in case their brand ambassador turns into a persona non grata.

The ABs assistant coach says Sonny Bill Williams is different to any player he's ever seen.

The New Zealand men's and women's hockey teams' road to the 2012 London Olympics has been smoothened considerably.

The Grand Hotel in Rimini, beloved of film maker Federico Fellini, is to close for the European winter as the economic crisis continues to bite.

The many genes that influence body weight can interact in a complex and unpredictable way that sometimes defies scientific explanation.

The world's most unashamedly indulgent and recession-unfriendly Christmas gift has arrived.

Rhiannon Batten walks and tastes her way around the Austrian capital.