Favourite Camelot will head the smallest Epsom Derby field for more than a century as nine runners line up in the big race on Saturday.

Steven Gerrard insists Brendan Rodgers was always first choice to succeed Kenny Dalglish as Liverpool manager.

A soldier from 1st Battalion, the Royal Welsh has been shot dead during a foot patrol in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.

Almost a quarter (24%) of childcare providers are running at a loss, with a further 11% just breaking even suggests a report for the government.

A Egyptian court is due to decide whether ex-leader Hosni Mubarak is guilty of conspiracy in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising.

Syria is sliding towards all-out civil war, British Foreign Secretary William Hague warns.

The Queen is to attend the Epsom Derby later, launching a four-day weekend of events for her Diamond Jubilee.

The US military authorities criticise two servicewomen for allowing a photo showing them breast-feeding in uniform to be published on the web.