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Ben Fogle: The adventurer talks frostbite, flesh-eating bugs - and an Atlantic challenge

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:57 GMT

Being on an expedition is about deprivation Whether its trekking through the jungles in Peru or hiking up Kilimanjaro, you really value the resources you have: one pair of pants, limited rations of food, limited battery power. My trips also remind me what I have left behind. Once I'm back home, I'll really value what I have, until I start to become complacent – then I'll go off around the world again.

'For some of my players it was time to win something like this': Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes celebrates Champions League victory

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:44 GMT

Arjen Robben said that scoring the winning goal in the Champions' League final for Bayern Munich had finally erased his tag as a loser. Having missed a penalty in last season's final on Bayern's home ground against his former club Chelsea, Robben made the first goal at Wembley for Mario Mandzukic and scored the winner with 90 seconds to play.

Borussia Dortmund 1 Bayern Munich 2 match report: Arjen Robben proves Mr Reliant for for Bayern

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:32 GMT

The 75 per cent of the German population willing Borussia Dortmund, the romantic underdogs, to become Champions' League winners here last night were thwarted by Arjen Robben's late goal that decided one of the most thrilling European finals of recent memory. So often a loser on the big day – including a World Cup final – the former Chelsea winger added the continent's greatest club prize to his FA Cup winner's medal with Chelsea by keeping his head for a fine finish having set up by Franck Ribéry.

French soldier stabbed in the neck in Paris

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:21 GMT

A French soldier was stabbed in the throat in a busy commercial district outside Paris yesterday, and the government said it was trying to determine if there were any links to the brutal killing of a British soldier by suspected Islamic extremists.

Dylan Hartley faces anxious wait on Lions ban

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Dylan Hartley, the Northampton Saints and some-time England captain, is set to forfeit his coveted place on the British & Irish Lions tour of Australia after being shown the first red card in an English Premiership final, which Leicester Tigers won 37-17.

Richard Cockerill: We joined the Leicester Tiger greats

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Richard Cockerill says that Leicester's Aviva Premiership success will help his young players step out of the shadow of their dominant predecessors.

Leicester Tigers 37 Northampton Saints 17 match report: Dylan Hartley's rant cannot sour Leicester win

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

What a desperate shame that Dylan Hartley's red card should be the immediate talking point from a cracking Premiership final of seven tries including four to the champions, Leicester Tigers, who won their 10th league title overall after two years of near misses in this end-of-season showpiece.

Loss of captains critical in fiery Aviva Premiership showpiece final

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

A tale of two captains who failed to last the course, one in disgrace, the other whose absence looked likely to cost his club the grandest domestic prize English rugby has to offer. The 228th meeting of these two Midland rivals was not, you might say, without incident.

Britain should prosecute terrorist suspects, not play shady games of geopolitics

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

The initial reaction to the brutal killing of Lee Rigby, a 25-year-old off-duty British soldier, in Woolwich last week was to renew the debate over apparent "lone wolf" acts of terrorism. There are those who believe the attack was the latest in a series of terror acts that have a common denominator – the al-Qa'ida-linked group formerly known as al-Muhajiroun.

Did we learn so little about jihadism from the 7/7 bombings?

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

There is a Groundhog Day feel to the aftermath of the brutal killing of Drummer Lee Rigby. It would seem that not much has changed in the eight years since 7/7. As ever, it is the intelligence implications that are the most striking. The authorities have admitted that, far from being individuals below the radar who went through a rapid radicalisation, both suspects have been known to them for several years.

Editorial: Politics won't cure the NHS

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

The crisis in Accident and Emergency departments across the NHS has become acute over the past seven months. The explanation offered by Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Health, that the GP contract negotiated by the Labour government in 2004 is to blame, therefore fails to match the chronology.

Margareta Pagano: Apple a game-changer again with 'simpler tax' call

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

I am writing this article on my Apple iMac. Beside me is a skinny capp from Starbucks, and I have already used Google to research information for this piece. Like most of the population, I am queasy about how little tax the trio pay but, while I could boycott the coffee, it's not so easy to do without Apple or Google.

Google tax policy is 'just capitalism'

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Eric Schmidt, the head of Google, has shrugged off criticism that his company pays only a fraction of its tax bill, saying it's "just capitalism". He also challenged the British Government to change the law or stop complaining.

Let's take it outside: Bill Granger's Bank Holiday feast

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

I love a barbie – well I would, wouldn't I? Yet I haven't learnt to enjoy the danger factor of barbecuing in the UK just yet. Don't get me wrong – it only takes the suggestion of sunshine and the temperature to go up by a couple of degrees for me to want to invite everyone for an elaborate spread in the garden – but I'd rather cook it indoors, cancelling out the risk of finding myself chained to the barbecue should the skies suddenly open.

Terror in Woolwich: Three more men held on conspiracy charge

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Detectives investigating the brutal killing of Drummer Lee Rigby arrested three further men last night on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder.

BMW PGA Championship: Lee Westwood poised for victory but Sergio Garcia lurks

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Sergio Garcia, the man who sparked a week of controversy and soul-searching at the BMW PGA Championship, was back in the business of accumulation yesterday, which cannot have been ideal viewing for the organisers. Emerging from the bad-joke and grim-weather gulag that was the opening two days at Wentworth, Garcia shot a 68 in blessed sunshine to create interest among the galleries and an uncomfortable stir in the boardroom.

Corruption and the FCO: Blue skies, white sands, dark clouds

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Britain's former top diplomat on the Cayman Islands should face a criminal inquiry for allegedly lying to police investigating corruption in the notorious tax haven, a Scotland Yard review has concluded.

Fish-finger sandwiches with roasted tomato and black-olive relish

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

This is the style of entertaining I always aim for: casual, fun and full of flavour.

10 big questions for the British & Irish Lions to answer

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

What's the goal?

Mystery over keeper’s death in tiger cage

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

The owner of the zoo where a young keeper was mauled to death by a Sumatran tiger told yesterday of his attempts to save the 24-year-old from the beast.

Rev Richard Coles: 'I don’t have any concerns that God is cross with me for being gay and eventually the Church won’t either'

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Catching the Rev Richard Coles from some distance across the floor of the Royal Festival Hall, one can't help but be reminded of the kind of priest Rowan Atkinson has immortalised in film. He looks slightly gawky and out of place, and because he is looking for me, someone he has never met before, his facial features appear to have been arranged as if to resemble a question mark.

David Flatman: Let's take Jonny Wilkinson on his own terms

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Lots of sportsmen receive special treatment, but not all deserve it. Offering an individual a longer leash than his team-mates is always dangerous. In reality, those of us surfing the internet from our armchairs have no idea what goes on with the likes of Kevin Pietersen and Mario Balotelli but we have all, I expect, offered a view.

Facebook phone launch put on hold

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

The UK launch of the "Facebook phone" has been postponed following poor sales in the United States and lukewarm customer feedback.

Sticky cherry cake

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Fresh cherries are one of those ingredients that I jump on the moment they come into season. I find them impossible to resist.

Fire and fury in Sweden as riots spread

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

From the moment Henrik Sedin gathered the puck, deep inside his own half, it was destined to be a wild night in Stockholm. It was shortly before 10pm last Sunday when the team's millionaire superstar slapped the puck hard into the empty net: 5-1. For the first time in seven years, and in front of their own fans, Sweden were the ice-hockey champions of the world.