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Hugh Muir's diary
The thin line between disgrace and £34bn. Happy days for BAE• No one wins in war, they say, but this doesn't quite take into account the topsy-turvy fortunes of our friends at BAE Systems. Every...
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Winnie the Opera premieres with all eyes on Winnie the spectator
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela understood to have given English- and Xhosa-language opera her blessing ahead of Pretoria debutThe opening night of Winnie the Opera won a standing ovation, but the biggest...
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Bradley Manning no longer held in solitary confinement, Pentagon says
Soldier now detained among medium-security inmates at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas as he awaits court martialBradley Manning, the US soldier accused of leaking classified cables to WikiLeaks, is no...
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Review | Theatre | And the Horse You Rode in on | Barbican Pit | Michael...
Barbican Pit, LondonTold By An Idiot is a company that, since 1993, has achieved a reputation for wild, innovative comedy. Now, in a show conceived by Hayley Carmichael and Paul Hunter, they tackle...
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Jacee Dugard's kidnappers plead guilty to holding her captive
Guilty pleas will spare Dugard, now 30, and her daughters from having to testify at a trialA convicted sex offender and his wife have pleaded guilty in California to kidnapping and raping Jaycee Dugard...
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Misrata rebel leader pleads for help to topple Gaddafi
Khalifa al-Zwawi asks international community for weapons to help push Libyan leader's forces out of the cityThe leader of the rebellion in Misrata has made an urgent plea to the international...
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Kate Middleton's dress – a fistpump moment for British fashion
Choice of Sarah Burton is an encouraging sign of boldness and a nod to Grace Kelly, fashion's favourite princess brideOh happy, happy day. Kate Middleton's wedding dress is a triumph for British...
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Rabbit battery farms could return to UK
Local and welfare concerns over planning applications lodged for first intensive rabbit farms since 1990s, Guardian can revealPlanning applications for at least six rabbit battery farms have been...
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British shipping tax subsidies for Irish lighthouses to end
Decision to sever historic link and save estimated £12m a year is result of years of lobbying by UK merchant shipping industry For centuries, Ireland's storm-battered lighthouses have protected...
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Uganda riots reach capital as anger against President Museveni grows
Impetus for Egyptian-style uprising increases as soldiers stage Kampala crackdown after opposition leader's arrestRiots have swept across the Ugandan capital, Kampala, as protesters called for an...
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Why African uprisings could spread south of the Sahara | Greg Mills
The prevalence of unfair electoral systems plus huge numbers of angry young people with mobile phones should make African autocrats increasingly uncomfortableEgypt, Tunisia, Libya, Bahrain, Syria and...
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Headteachers likely to ballot for national strike over pensions
National Association of Head Teachers move follows report calling for final salary pension schemes to be scrappedHeadteachers are planning to vote this weekend on whether to ballot for their first ever...
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England's poorest areas could lose millions in EU funding
Organisations allocating European Union money to boost local economies have been abolished in rush to cut spending, MEPs saySome of England's poorest areas risk losing millions of pounds in EU...
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UK's largest greenhouse complex investigated for 'sweatshop labour'
Gangmasters licensing authority investigating Thanet Earth's Kent facility, which supplies leading UK supermarket chainsWorking conditions at Britain's largest greenhouse complex are being investigated...
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Inside Syria's torture chambers: 'This regime is brutal but also stupid'
Adnan, a young Syrian professional in his thirties, tells of his experience as one of hundreds detained in President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on dissentAdnan was arrested last Friday in Moudamiyeh,...
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Radio Free Libya shakes up Gaddafi regime from Misrata
Rebel radio station offering mix of information, uncensored debate and revolutionary songs is a thorn in loyalists' sideIt's not Saigon, it's 40 years on, and there's desert rather than jungle all...
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Camden Crawl crowns decade of new music in streets of north London
This year's bands will hope to walk in the footsteps of festival alumni Mumford & Sons and Amy WinehouseIts early days amounted to a gaggle of obscure indie kids playing to beer-soaked youngsters...
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Kate Middleton's home village of Bucklebury celebrates big day
Berkshire villagers toast their princess - and mum Carole - with tankards from the beer tent and a host of traditional eventsThere were duck and sheep races, morris dancing, much beer drinking and lots...
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China releases detained human rights lawyer
Teng Biao was arrested in February during crackdown intended to prevent dissent inspired by Middle East uprisingsChina has released a human rights lawyer who was detained more than two months ago in a...
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New Yorkers greet royal wedding with fancy dress, fascinators and fry-ups
Diehard royal fans celebrate Kate and William's nuptials but for most it's business as usual"He knocked off my fascinating!" cried Laura Martin, 55, in full evening dress complete with enormous...
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