2011 fireworks: world celebrates New Year

co . Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong celebrate the New Year with spectacular firework displays.

Rail season tickets 'pass 5,000'

co . Season ticket prices across the UK will rise by an average of 5.8%, while London bus and Tube fares go ...

Sydney 2011 fireworks: Australia celebrates New Year

co . Australia celebrates the New Year with a spectacular firework display in Sydney against the backdrop of the harbour and Opera ...

Wayne Rooney: I was wrong to challenge Sir Alex Ferguson

co . Wayne Rooney admits he was wrong to challenge Sir Alex Ferguson earlier this year, and says the stand-off placed a ...

Mayor Johnson in 50p tax warning

co . He also repeated his attack on the government's planned immigration cap. Chancellor George Osborne has indicated that the 50p rate ...

UK house prices rise for first time since May

co . House prices rose in December for the first time since May, providing reassurance that the fall in Britain's property market ...

The Ashes: Michael Clarke will do Australia proud as captain for fifth Test against England, says Brad Haddin

co . Australia wicket-keeper Brad Haddin, Michael Clarke’s deputy for the fifth Ashes Test, has defended his appointment as stand-in captain due to Ricky Ponting's injury. ’s ...

Auckland 2011 fireworks: New Zealand welcome in the New Year

co . New Zealand celebrates the New Year with a firework display in Auckland.

William Hague: Britain would back UN military action to oust Ivory Coast president

co . Britain would support the use of United Nations-sanctioned military action to force Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo to hand over ...

200,000 Australians affected by floods covering larger area than France and Germany

co . Some 200,000 Australians have been affected by flood waters covering an area larger than France and Germany combined. Julia Gillard, ...

Joanna Yeates murder: police switch attention to second house

co . Detectives investigating the murder of Joanna Yeates have switched the focus of their investigation to a second property. Officers carrying ...

Billy the Kid has pardon refused

co . Billy the Kid has been refused a pardon by the outgoing governor of New Mexico, who said there was not ...

Charlton takeover deal completed

co . League One high-flyers Charlton Athletic are taken over by a group represented by former Addicks chief executive Peter Varney.

South Africa just BRIC-a brac

lfpress . South Africa, with a $285-billion US economy, a much smaller population and tepid growth of about 3%, pales in comparison ...

Five Canada-Sweden things worth watching

lfpress . Last Updated: December 31, 2010 2:02am : The poor P.A. guy at HSBC Arena announced his name “Sheen” at the ...

Anderson determined to finish off

co . This time, Sydney looms larger than either Cape Town or Johannesburg did - especially for James Anderson. The England fast ...

Hodgson says sorry to Reds fans

co . The 63-year-old had to endure chants of "Dalglish" and "Hodgson for England" during the 1-0 loss. Hodgson said after the ...

The Ashes: Michael Clarke will do Australia proud as captain for fifth Test against England, says Brad Haddin

co . Australia wicket-keeper Brad Haddin, Michael Clarke’s deputy for the fifth Ashes Test, has defended his appointment as stand-in captain due ...

Toronto trash coming our way soon

lfpress . The truck was packed with about 34 tonnes of garbage pulled from city curbs this week. “I think what it means is we no longer ...

Baby first for Grabovski

lfpress . This was a pretty good reason for Mikhail Grabovski to turn his back on a potential seven-game scoring streak.