Bruckner?s unfinished final symphony - the 9th - poses many questions, none more perplexing than what might have been in terms of its absent finale.

Azhar Ali's painstaking tour de force extended through its fourth session and into its ninth hour to pile on the misery for England at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

Saudi women leading a campaign against the kingdom's ban on female driving are calling on the courts to take up their lawsuits demanding the right to drive.

A large explosion has hit just outside the police headquarters in a southern Afghanistan city, killing at least five police officers and two civilians.

Deployments of a warship and Prince William to the Falkland Islands are "entirely routine", the Foreign Secretary said today.

A combative and increasingly confident Mitt Romney swaggered into Las Vegas last night, after securing victory in a one-sided Nevada caucus which has tightened his command of the Republican Presidential race.

Heavy overnight snow brought severe disruption to road, rail and air travel today with motorists being urged to take extra care in treacherous conditions.

Tens of thousands of Muscovites endured icy temperatures of around minus 20 degrees to attend a protest march against Vladimir Putin yesterday.

Even more than any of his contemporaries, David Shrigley forces us to ask the Big Question: is it art? Shrigley, 43, is best known for his newspaper cartoons ? scratchy, naively drawn figures in black and white, usually with a deadpan legend attached. One that sticks in the mind, for some reason, is a pig with the words ?I?m a pig? written on its side. It is not particularly funny, but then nor is it meant to be. Shrigley?s drawings have a higher aim than that. Their maker went to art school, ergo they are art.

Vitali Klitschko is not the only giant of Ukrainian sport about to do battle with a Brit. While the world heavyweight champion eyes his title defence against Dereck Chisora in Munich on Saturday week, his compatriot and one-time fellow politician Sergei Bubka will be electioneering in London tomorrow.