THE FACTS: With two of the their starters wearing dress clothes, the Utah Jazz overcame an 11-point third-quarter deficit and defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 93-89 on Monday night.

You are kindly invited to a celebration of talent, youth and virtuosity with some of the best young Romanian musicians in London: Florian Mitrea - piano (winner of the 2010-2011 Enescu Scholarship); Anca Campanie - violin; Mihai Cocea - viola; Dan Marginean - piano; Raluca Matei - violin; Radu Ropotan - violin; Madalina Rusu - piano. They will be joined by Russian cellist Liubov Ulybysheva.

A new association having the role of doing new projects needed to help the growth of the people interested in the most important aspect, that of deciding which are the main priorities of the European Union.

A PRIORI Trio is a group of young musicians who will present an exciting and diverse programme of music on February 28 in St Mary’s Church, Henley. All master’s students from major London music colleges, Anca Campanie (violin), Andrei Simion (cello) and Dinis Sousa (piano) are renowned for their direct and gutsy interpretations of both the contemporary and classical repertoire. 

The part of the brain that interprets sound, known as the auditory cortex, responds faster in people with musical training and is better primed to pick out subtle patterns from the huge volumes of information that flood into the brain from our senses. 

Professor Michel Mayor, the scientist who led the team that identified the first extrasolar planet in 1995, believes a planet similar in size and composition to Earth will soon be found.

Ever since 1945, the US has regarded itself as the leader of the "free world". But the Obama administration is facing an unexpected and unwelcome development in global politics.