Nick Stylianou

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’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 from Fleming and Le Carré?

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

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.

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 future option for storing large amounts of data.

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 the British got online news right?

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 – for other factors? Channel 4 News investigates.

Know how many world records were broken at the Games? Answer this and nine other questions in our London 2012 quiz – and a life of pub quiz celebrity surely awaits you.

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.

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 4 News plots a timeline comparing the two Olympic Games.

Channel 4 News revisits four of the worst-hit parts of London to see how they have recovered since last year’s riots. See the before/after photos here. Roll your mouse over the images.

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.