Now that the Global Champions Tour has concluded for another year, the FEI World Cup series provides the main international show jumping focus in the months ahead.

Homeless people lined up off St Peter’s Square to take advantage of Pope Francis’s latest charitable initiative: A free shave and shower.

Marek Krajewski

Nasa’s Opportunity rolled off its lander and on to the rusty soil of Mars early today, a week after the six-wheeled rover arrived on the Red Planet – and just hours after confirmation of its first major geologic discovery.