England cricket hero Ben Stokes, football ace Raheem Sterling and athletics star Dina Asher-Smith lead the nominees for the 2019 Sports Personality of the Year award.

The Olympic hopeful, 24, looked sensational in a neon green gown as she attended the red carpet in London's Grosvenor House Hotel on Thursday, following the news of her nomination.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Dina Asher-Smith is talking about change. About greater expectations.About that point where you're known on a faraway island.

GREAT SPORTING MOMENTS OF 2019: In the fourth in our series of the greatest moments of the sporting year, we recall those two nights when two Brits claimed World Championship gold...

British world champion sprinter Dina Asher-Smith, 24, from London, said she felt 'honoured' to have had a Barbie doll created in her likeness, complete with Union flag, running kit and gold jewelry.

A compromise to squeeze three major championships into the summer of 2022 is set to be concluded in the next 48 hours.

Dina Asher Smith stars on the front cover of this month's British GQ as she discusses breaking records and how she is training during lockdown.

This week Bel advises a reader who doesn't know whether she should let her poisonous mum see her baby.

This week Bel advises a woman who recently discovered her late father had a third daughter that she only just found out about.

This week Bel Mooney advises a man, 74, whose children disapprove of his relationship with a 39-year-old single mother from Nigeria.

This week Bel advises a reader who doesn't know whether to walk away from her lazy, toxic brother.

British gardening expert Constance Craig Smith revealed snowdrops are among the earliest spring bulbs to appear. She picked out a selection of the best public gardens for viewing displays.

Monty Don advises on 'snakeshead' plants which appear in gardens in spring. He answered a selection of questions from readers of Weekend magazine.

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shared advice on growing thriving wisteria of different varieties. He says the best place to position the plant is a south or south-west wall.

American and British gardens have been bonded together by mutual plants, skills and experience ever since the first settlers founded Virginia in 1607, says the British gardening expert.

British gardening expert Monty Don shares his advice for growing irises. He says the plants do best in open areas that have blazing hot summers but quite cold winters, and need good drainage.

Nigel Colborn advised gardeners on embracing the silver foliage trend, that was last in vogue in the Sixties. The British gardening expert says most varieties love sun and tolerate drought.

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn advised on how to cultivate hostas in a shaded British border. He said the plant, which originates from Asia, is hardy and easy to grow in the UK.

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shares advice for giving spring gardens a punch. He suggests planting tiny bulb, crocus now for a show in March.

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn said that the best part of the pumpkin is its nutritious flesh which usually gets thrown out with the seeds.

British gardening expert Monty Don, shared advice for growing trees in gardens of any size. He suggests paying attention to the trees in your area to get ideas for what can thrive in your own garden.

British gardening expert Monty Don shares his advice for growing red cabbage. He said the vegetable is as much part of his Christmas as the lights on the tree.

Monty Don shares his advice for thriving succulents. The British gardening expert recommends using a very gritty compost mix and ensuring that plants have dried out before watering.

British gardening expert Monty Don revealed a number of the gardens he visited while filming his American Gardens series, which starts this Friday on BBC2.

British gardening expert Monty Don (pictured) says January is the time for sowing seeds in the greenhouse.

Monty Don shared his advice for repelling snails and slugs in an extract from his classic book Gardening at Longmeadow. British gardening expert warns against using slug pellets.

Social distancing has coincided with the busiest time of the year for gardening. Ten anxiety-busting things to do in the garden in the next few weeks include sowing seeds and potting.

Constance Craig Smith says UK nurseries are bursting with stock they need to sell, since many local plant shows have been cancelled. She revealed a selection offering mail-order.

Chelsea Flower Show is next week. Tickets are almost sold out, but you can enjoy the show in comfort at home. You might even see more on television than when buffeted by the crowds.

The MP said the outbreak is 'very dangerous' after a two-day visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Health officials have rejected proposals to declare a global emergency three times.

Scientists at Fort Detrick, Maryland, study Ebola, the plague (caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis) and rabbit fever (caused by the bacterium tularemia).

Dr Catherine Houlihan, from Aberdeen, returned home to the UK from the African nation in June after spending a month at the heart of the epidemic in the North Kivu province.

The patient was rushed to Skane University Hospital in Lund on Monday after suffering symptoms linked to the killer virus. Doctors say they can't rule out Ebola until test results come back.

Kate Broderick, 42, from Scotland, has been fighting infectious diseases for more than 20 years. She is working with colleagues at company Inovio, San Diego, to develop a vaccine.

At Heathrow, after arriving from Singapore on January 30th, I put my passport in the entry gate and was admitted to the UK. No questions, no medical checks. Within an hour I was home.

You have to use soap and water, and you should wash your hands for about 20 seconds. One way to estimate this is to sing the whole of the Happy Birthday To You song, twice, says DR MOSLEY.

Ministers should close schools and public transport networks sooner rather than later if they are to slow the spread of coronavirus, London mayor candidate Rory Stewart has suggested.

Dr. Craig Spencer is the Director of Global Health in Emergency Medicine at Columbia Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. He previously treated ebola patients in Africa.

More than half of a group of severely ill COVID-19 patients improved after receiving Gilead's experimental drug remdesivir, doctors reported.

Shinzo Abe said on Monday he wanted the drug approved for use against COVID-19 by the end of the month despite conceding it had side effects which caused birth defects.

Oscar Pistorius admitted he was ‘haunted’ by his ‘dark side’ in an email. The email is printed in full in a new book written by the mother of one of his former lovers, Sammy Taylor.

Pistorius' manager Peet van Zyl has confirmed that Oscar Pistorius plans to write the book, which the pair discussed before the double-amputee was convicted on Friday.

In heart-wrenching testimony that reduced many in the Pretoria courtroom to tears, Kim Martins said the death of Miss Steenkamp (inset) had 'ruined our whole family'.

Aimee Pistorius made the dramatic show of support today alongside her other brother, Carl, ahead of their middle sibling's sentencing tomorrow.

Star athlete Oscar Pistorius began serving a five year sentence behind the towering walls of a grim South African prison on Tuesday after a sensational trial for killing his girlfriend.

The 42-year-old presented the Best Act In The World Today award to rock band Kasabian but not before joking about the heartbreaking death of Reeva Steenkamp. 

Grandmother Gerti Pistorious has spoken in defence of her beloved grandson, who is serving a five year sentence in one of South Africa's most notorious jails for shooting his girlfriend dead.

June Steenkamp, mother of deceased South African model Reeva, does not want revenge on the man who killed her but says she knew nothing about Oscar Pistorius' 'guns and way of life'.

Two heartbroken parents, still mourning the death of their beloved daughter Reeva Steenkamp, say the beautiful model packed her bags and was ready to leave Oscar Pistorius the day he shot and killed her.

The failure of a review board to rule yesterday on the athlete's parole comes just weeks before an appeal court considers whether to convict him of murdering Reeva Steenkamp.