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Target Practice: Britain’s Medal Hits & Misses

UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee's "ambitious" goal of 48 medals and fourth place for Team GB now seems to be an underestimate.

Lance Armstrong’s Tour de France wins to be ‘obliterated’

Lance Armstrong's Tour de France record should be "obliterated", says the head of the World Anti-Doping Alliance, John Fahey. But does Wada have the power to do so?

Ian McEwan: a master of the spy genre?

Ian McEwan's twelfth novel, Sweet Tooth, is set in the world of the domestic intelligence service in 1972. Does "England's national writer" want to wrest the crown away…

England surrender cricket’s top spot to South Africa

England suffer defeat at Lord's after an uphill struggle to retain their title as the world's number one test cricket side.

UK Sport wants record 103 medals at Paralympics

Paralympians will be expected to win at least 103 medals from 12 sports at London 2012, with the goal of finishing second in the medals table.

Is DNA the future of large-scale digital storage?

A group of US scientists have encoded a 53,000-word e-book - including 11 images and a computer program - entirely in DNA. It means DNA could become a…

Are UK Journalists The Best At Digital News?

As Mark Thompson goes across the pond to spearhead the New York Times digital expansion, MailOnline is the most popular global news site. Channel 4 News asks: have…

Alternative Olympic medals table: the results

Now that the final medals have been won and the athletes have flown home, how would the medals table look if nations were awarded - and penalised -…

Ascent to glory: comparing Team GB in 2008 and 2012

When it comes to winning medals, Team GB may have got off to a slower start than in Beijing, but they have made up for lost time. Channel…

Compare and contrast: London riots one year on

Channel 4 News revisits four of the worst-hit parts of London to see how they have recovered since last year's riots.

Alternative Olympics Medals Table

Insurance premiums set to rise in areas hit by flash floods

With thousands of homes devastated by freak flooding during what has been the wettest quarter on record, many homeowners face increased insurance costs in the future.