Snowmen, sledging and snowball fights have been the order of the day after the UK woke up to snow in most parts of the country.

Table tennis playing baby Jamie has become a viral hit after video footage of him wielding a bat was posted on YouTube.

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh braved the cold and snow today to attend a church service on the eve of the monarch's Diamond Jubilee anniversary.

DAVID Beckham still manages to look dapper in his tailored suit as he emerges from a nightclub in the wee small hours.

Russia and China last night blocked a United Nations Security Council resolution over the continuing trouble in Syria.

FURIOUS protesters broke into the Syrian embassy in London yesterday as the worst bloodshed of the uprising left 200 dead.

OLYMPIC mascots Wenlock and Mandeville have been snubbed by schools who can't afford their £850 appearance fee.

Drivers have been stuck in their cars overnight after snow hit the UK.

Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to victory in the Nevada caucuses today, notching a second straight triumph over a field of rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace.

England at last saw the back of Azhar Ali, but still need to pull off the second-highest run chase in their Test history to avoid a 3-0 whitewash against Pakistan.

Azhar Ali's painstaking tour de force extended through its fourth session and into its ninth hour to pile on the misery for England at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

Saudi women leading a campaign against the kingdom's ban on female driving are calling on the courts to take up their lawsuits demanding the right to drive.

A large explosion has hit just outside the police headquarters in a southern Afghanistan city, killing at least five police officers and two civilians.

Deployments of a warship and Prince William to the Falkland Islands are "entirely routine", the Foreign Secretary said today.

A combative and increasingly confident Mitt Romney swaggered into Las Vegas last night, after securing victory in a one-sided Nevada caucus which has tightened his command of the Republican Presidential race.

Heavy overnight snow brought severe disruption to road, rail and air travel today with motorists being urged to take extra care in treacherous conditions.

Much of Britain woke up to a blanket of snow today after the big freeze brought dumps of up to 16cm, grounded planes and caused road and rail disruption.

England managed just one wicket on the third morning of the final Test as Azhar Ali completed a painstaking century in Pakistan's second-innings 295 for three.