Laying the groundwork for when he goes out

Britain’s Andy Murray says he faces an ‘incredible task’ to win his first Grand Slam title at the US Open after having his fourth-round match postponed for two days running. Totally different story for his opponent, of course, and other players in the same boat.

Probably was

Sir Fred Goodwin ‘acted like he was off to play golf’ as RBS collapsed

Hair today gone tomorrow

Looking at recent pictures of Colonel Gadhafi, the Guild of Hairdressers were presumably one of the first to defect to the rebel cause.

The Court testimony should be interesting

A uniformed police officer was caught on CCTV having sex with a woman on the hood of a car. The bizarre scene, which was witnessed by a nearby chihuahua, was filmed by a hidden camera set up by New Mexico police to catch vandalism at a nearby property.

The Beeb keeping on top of things

1445: FOOTBALL: Grenada teenager Kirani James produced a fantastic final sprint and desperate lunge at the line to snatch world 400m gold from defending champion LaShawn Merritt.

And who could blame him?

Having the wrong kind of biscuit served with his tea drove disgraced banker Sir Fred Goodwin to threaten catering staff with disciplinary action