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Adam Ant – review
Academy, SheffieldAdam and the Ants were one of the biggest pop phenomena of the 1980s, although their former leader has long battled mental problems which, in 2010, saw him briefly sectioned. This...
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Rambert Dance Company – review
Sadler's Wells, LondonMusic creates the challenges as well as the pleasures of Rambert's latest mixed bill – and nowhere more so than in Paul Taylor's 1985 Roses. Wagner's Siegfried Idyll, to which the...
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Legal bid to halt Sittingbourne magistrates court closure
Judicial review launched as test case for opposition to government plans to close 150 courtsThe fate of a Victorian magistrates building serving a deprived part of Kent has emerged as a test case for...
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John Edwards to face charges of misusing vice-presidential race funds
Former US Democratic candidate alleged to have used more than $1m in illegal contributions to conceal affair in 2008The disgraced former US vice-presidential contender John Edwards is to be charged for...
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JJB Sports could face five-year road to recovery
Chairman warns restructuring will not be quick or easyThe chairman of JJB Sports said it could take up to five years to turn around the retailer, after it came "perilously close" to collapse and annual...
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Robert Walters shareholders rebel over executive pay
Shareholders vote down report that awarded three executives of recruitment company a combined £2.8m in 2010Investors on Wednesday voted down recruitment company Robert Walters's remuneration report,...
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Europe divided over nuclear power after Fukushima disaster
UK and France lobby to have safety checks watered down, while Switzerland moves to phase out its nuclear power plantsEurope's nuclear power faultlines in the wake of the Fukushima disaster were exposed...
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Slump in household spending raises fears for economic recovery
• Revised GDP figures reveal 0.6% drop to two-year low• Business investment also down 7.1% in first quarterBritain's fragile recovery was dealt a severe blow on Wednesday after figures revealed a slump...
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China using prisoners in lucrative internet gaming scam
Labour camp detainees endure hard labour by day, online 'gold farming' by night As a prisoner at the Jixi labour camp, Liu Dali would slog through tough days breaking rocks and digging trenches in the...
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Refugees from Libya attacked in Tunisian desert
Hundreds who fled Gaddafi regime left without shelter as locals ransack and burn down refugee campMore than 1,000 migrants who fled fighting in Libya have been left without shelter in the Tunisian...
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In this twisted 'big society' it has become harder to help | Zoe Williams
Charity workers helping those in need could soon qualify as being in need themselvesIn the public sector, employees are battling a pay freeze, along with those "back-office redundancies" that Cameron...
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How gold farmers reap huge harvest from online gaming
Estimates suggest 400,000 people are employed to build up credits in games such as World of Warcraft and EverQuestTens of millions of people spend hours and pay big money for virtual gains on the most...
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Dubai World ponders further $850m refinancing of debt
News of possible negotiations emerges as subsidiary DP World prepares for listing on London Stock ExchangeDubai World, the emirate's heavily indebted investment vehicle, is considering refinancing a...
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Huguette Clark: New York's billionaire recluse dies, aged 104
Manhattan heiress to copper fortune 'made Howard Hughes seem outgoing' For 80 years her life was set in aspic, preserved as if in a time warp in an ever-shrinking social world that ended with her death...
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Judge defends role in financier's secret libel suit
Justice Tugendhat says he was right to make all the parties anonymous in case pitting 'Zam' against his sister-in-lawThe judge who has allowed a financier to bring a secret libel suit against his own...
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Christine Lagarde launches campaign to become first female IMF leader
French finance minister throws in her hat after 'mature reflection', and is backed by the UK, Germany, France and the EUThe French finance minister, Christine Lagarde, has launched her bid to become...
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Egypt to reopen Gaza strip crossing for first time since 2007
Cairo's interim military government moves to ease blockade but risks wrath of IsraelEgypt will open its crossing with the Gaza Strip this weekend, Cairo's interim military government has announced.The...
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Mexican police shut bar serving prison inmates
Beer, tequila and vodka were on offer to prisoners at Chihuahua city jailPolice have discovered a bar at a prison in northern Mexico that served beer, tequila and vodka to inmates. Jorge Chaires, a...
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Freedom of information laws are used to harass scientists, says Nobel laureate
Sir Paul Nurse says climate scientists are being targeted by campaigns of requests designed to slow down their researchFreedom of information laws are being misused to harass scientists and should be...
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Labour party counts on unions as other donors fall away
Ed Miliband's party is nearly £10m in debt, compared with the Tories' (£2.6m) and Lib Dems (£416,989)The Labour party has lost most of its individual donors since Ed Miliband became leader leaving it...
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