Bath may not have picked up a trophy since recording their famous backs-against-the-wall Heineken Cup victory over Brive in early 1998, but they secured a prize of sorts yesterday when their American No 8, Dan Lyle, agreed a new three-year deal that will effectively keep him at the Recreation Ground until retirement. Lyle turned down [...]

As things stand on the political and logistical fronts, it would come as a blessed relief.Yesterday, Richards confirmed that Leicester players would be made available for the rearranged Six Nations fixture between Ireland and England, whatever the implications for his team’s assault on the inaugural end-of-season play-off tournament. There was nothing especially magnanimous about his [...]

Even the usually reliable Stephen Jones was off target with two kicks at goal. But it looked as though Wales were back on track when some midfield magic from Adrian Durston paved the way for an all-hands-in try on the right for wing Nick Walne. Yet Wales conceded a try on the stroke of half-time [...]

The club have decided this is simply an offer they simply can’t refuse.”Redknapp has lined up Liverpool’s Rigobert Song as a replacement. The Cameroon international is with Gérard Houllier’s squad in Greece for their Uefa Cup match against Olympiakos tonight. However, Redknapp is willing to bring Song back on a private jet to push through [...]

A civilian government sworn in on Friday includes just one ethnic Indian, although Indo-Fijians make up nearly half of the population.It contains several hard-line nationalists, including the agriculture minister Apisai Tora, who organised civil disturbances against the Chaudhry administration – and then stood back while Mr Speight and other opportunists did the dirty work.In the [...]

Of the estimated 1,500 militants fighting in Kashmir, nearly 850 belonged to the group, he said.However, fighting with smaller groups continued, army officials and militants said.Smaller separatist organizations, Al-Umar and Jaishe-e-Mohammed, claimed Sunday they attacked Indian security forces in the Kashmir valley over the past two days, killing at least three government soldiers and wounding [...]

People can write to us before the sale to say they have a question mark over a certain lot, and at that point we would withdraw the lot from sale.”Julian Radcliffe of The Art Loss Register adds: “We undertake some 250,000 checks of the major auction house lots every year, and the number of stolen [...]

So, where is the hotel? Under the pond, of course. As you descend a curling staircase, to the gentle sound of traditional Balinese Rindik music wafting up from below, you are greeted by the hotel’s lobby and main bar, panoramic views and an almost startling proximity to the surrounding vegetation.This is a place where modernity [...]

“Church Langley is a fine place to live,” said the spokeswoman. “But it is not a rural idyll.”Indeed not, says Stephen Barrie, a 28-year-old publican who moved into the Potters Arms with his wife Sharon seven months ago. “They try to portray it as having a community spirit, but this is still very much a [...]

The college yesterday published new guidelines to minimise the chance of violence in psychiatric hospitals. It recommended “well-planned” wards with space, comfort, privacy and safety which are staffed with adequate numbers of properly trained nurses and good communication between staff and patients.. The Royal College of Psychiatrists said many doctors are administering high doses of [...]