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The Saudis who have sent female athletes to the Olympics for the first time, insist that they stick to the Islamic dress code.

Tom Daley, Zara Philips and the men's gymnastic teams among athletes who have performed on the world's biggest stage.

Osama bin Laden's former right-hand man makes last-ditch bid for release from prison on grounds that seven-year detention without trial is long enough.

Kate Middleton's fashion style for the summer revolves around the twin ideals of subtle colours and celebrating the London Olympics 2012

Michael Foreman fell from the members' bar area of the gallery from a height of 100ft height in full public view.

Liverpool are said to be interested in signing Birmingham City goalkeeper Jack Butland after scouts returned with glowing reports having watched the youngster in action for Team GB on Sunday evening.

Maeve Binchy was one of the most adored, beloved authors of her generation.

Clint Dempsey has refused to travel with the rest of the Fulham squad on their pre-season tour of Switzerland as he attempts to push through a transfer to Liverpool.

Only 79 of the 100 EuroMillions Millionaires Raffle winners have claimed their million pounds.

Mitt Romney in Poland as part of three-nation tour to project himself as world leader and alternative to Barack Obama.

Hospitals and makeshift clinics in Aleppo are flooded with bodies and injured people.

Doodle comes on a day the British team wins a medal in artistic gymnastics men's ring.

Liam Tancock and Gemma Spofforth both finished in fifth place in their respective 100m backstroke finals as Team GB's swimmers failed to follow up on the momentum that had been handed to them by the men's gymnastics team.

Team GB's male gymnasts claimed the country's first Olympic team medal in 100 years after winning bronze at the end of a final drenched in controversy at the North Greenwich Arena at London 2012.

Danny Boyle's Olympics extravaganza carried huge price tag but superstars including Sir Paul McCartney did not.

Twitter has suspended journalist Guy Adams for tweeting the email address of NBC's Gary Zenkel.

Team GB's Zoe Smith marked her Olympic debut by breaking the eight year clean and jerk British record to finish 12th in the women's 58kg weightlifting final.

Switzerland footballer Michel Morganella has been expelled from the London Olympics for posting a racist message on Twitter.

Team GB women's hockey captain Kate Walsh will continue to play on despite undergoing surgery on a broken jaw suffered during the opening game of their London 2012 Olympic campaign against Japan.

UK Foreign Office reports Syria's most senior diplomat in London has walked out on Damascus regime.

Team GB pair Tom Daley and Pete Waterfield were left to reflect on a missed opportunity after spurning a third round lead to finish empty handed after the men's synchronised 10m platform final.

On 25 July 2012 Britain's Office for National Statistics (ONS) issued its official estimate for the country's second quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP). A contraction was expected by all and the range amongst economists was between -0.2 per cent and -0.4 per cent. The Telegraph's Angela Monaghan credited Vicky Redwood of Capital Economics with coming nearest and predicting the worst, at -0.5 per cent and so the ONS's -0.7 per cent came as a shock to everybody.

Laura Robson safely made it through to the second round of the Olympic tennis event at Wimbledon as she secured a straight set victory over Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic.

Djibo Issaka is latest in line of underdogs who achieve worldwide fame at Olympics for wrong reasons.

Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay has stated the Blues' summer spending is not yet over

International competitors push themselves to the limit in battle for the elusive gold medal.

Romanian shooter George Alin Moldoveanu claimed gold in the men's 19m Air Rifle event, at the 2012 London Olympics, with Italian Niccolo Campriani and Indian Gagan Narang in silver and bronze finishes

Paula Radcliffe will be replaced by Freya Murray in the women's marathon after the world record holder withdrew from the event with a foot injury on Sunday.

Despite the deepening UK recession, Bank of England rate-setters are unlikely to loosen their monetary policy further by slashing the base rate at their upcoming meeting.

C Evolution is being introduced in London as part of a Europe-wide promotional tour targeting the sales turnaround for BMW in the electric scooter market in two years.