A heartbroken couple is supporting proposals for health authorities to compensate parents who lose an unborn child due to medical negligence.

PERHAPS, like me, you have found this week’s Ryder Cup celebrations more than a little surreal? All those mud-splattered Brits, mainly, but not exclusively, Welsh, chanting “Europe, Europe” at Celtic Manor, while living in a nation which, with the possible exception of Greece, is the most Euro-phobic of any of the 27 member states of the EU?

Andy Goode will make his first England appearance in over two years in Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations clash with Italy after being handed a surprise recall.

England team manager Martin Johnson has insisted Danny Cipriani is still part of his plans for this season’s RBS 6 Nations Championship.