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Strong winds curtailed action at the Women's British Open after just over an hour's play on Friday.

• Paralympics silver medallist Shelly Woods returns to action• Mark Cavendish out to atone for Olympic disappointment The north-east catches London 2012 fever on Sunday as British athletes take to the Tynesid...

British professor Sid Watkins, who was key to improving Formula One's safety, has died at the age of 84.

UK police and emergency services are criticized for their handling of the 1998 Hillsborough disaster by an independent panel.

Andy Murray became the first British man to win a Grand Slam final since Fred Perry in 1936 after defeating Novak Djokovic in the final of the U.S. Open.