As Ron Barassi told it, the happiest day of his life was when he coached Carlton to a win with his menace and inspiration – and his play-on style.

A Robbie Williams superfan has raised eyebrows as she delivered her own political message to the British star on national television.

A rare breed of blood-sucking leech is being bred at London Zoo in a bid to save the UK’s largest native leech species from extinction. The medicinal leech was once widespread in Britain ...