Discoveries of planets orbiting stars outside the solar system, efforts to better understand the weather and work on carbon tubes are among the discoveries that could win the Nobel Prize in physics today.

Rio Ferdinand admitted games against Liverpool had been kind to him in recent years as he hit the target for Manchester United in a 2-0 victory at Old Trafford today.

A bowler collapsed and died at a Michigan bowling alley shortly after rolling the third perfect game of his life.

Two former members politburo that ruled communist East Germany were placed on probation today for failing to prevent shooting deaths at the Berlin Wall in the 1980s.