Britain's most hated civil servant Dr Richard Beeching has become one of the villains of British history for dismantling the railway network in the 1960s. But how much did he really change Britain?
Team GB for Beijing Find out more about all 312 of Great Britain's Beijing Olympians
Rowers start Atlantic challenge Four rowers from the West Country set off on their bid to break an Atlantic crossing record set more than 100 years ago.
Five women who perished in crash Profiles of the five young British women killed in a bus crash in Ecuador during a gap-year trip.