A teenager unwittingly caught up in the controversial Panorama probe into football has signed his first professional contract with Middlesbrough.

Australian police searched a home in Perth today as an Indian doctor was charged in connection with the attempted bomb attacks in London and Glasgow.

Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson has revealed that his club approached his Newcastle counterpart Freddy Shepherd to end any interest in Boro youngster Nathan Porritt.

Chelsea and Liverpool face an investigation by the Football Association and Premier League into BBC Panorama's allegations that they breached regulations in trying to tempt an England youth player away from Middlesbrough.

Bolton manager Sam Allardyce tonight insisted he will “fight” allegations by the BBC’s Panorama programme that he has received illegal payments.

Bolton manager Sam Allardyce was at the centre of allegations about illegal payments in football made by the BBC’s Panorama programme tonight.

US President George Bush is “light years” behind the rest of the world on tackling climate change, a leading British environmentalist claimed today.