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Shelter says cuts push vulnerable into hands of rogue landlords
Shelter wants government action to regulate private rental sector and for local authorities to run accreditation schemesHousing benefit cuts and the government's refusal to regulate the private rented...
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Onagawa: Japanese tsunami town where nuclear plant is the safest place
Hundreds of survivors shelter next door to power station reactors in stark contrast to Fukushima disaster 75 miles awayAs a tsunami ravaged the Japanese fishing town of Onagawa hundreds of residents...
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From the archive, 30 March 1979: US nuclear plant leak worst ever
Originally published in the Guardian on 30 March 1979WASHINGTONNuclear power experts are working under heavy security to stop the continuing leakage of radiation from the damaged power station at Three...
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Suicide bomb blasts Pakistan checkpoint
Taliban-supporting politician had just passed checkpoint when bomber struck, killing 13 people and wounding 12 othersA suicide bomber riding a motorcycle has attacked a police checkpoint in...
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Chris Huhne accuses cabinet colleague of Nazi tactics over AV referendum
Energy secretary condemns Lady Warsi's claim that changing the system would pander to extremists such as the BNPChris Huhne, the energy secretary, accused his cabinet colleague Lady Warsi of descending...
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Gang violence blamed as five-year-old girl is shot in south London
Teenagers on bikes also hit man, 35, in Stockwell attack, causing police to introduce hardline stop and search powersEscalating gang violence is being blamed for the shooting of a five-year-old girl...
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Israel may build artificial island off Gaza Strip coast
Environmentalists says plans, which also include hotels and a marina, are 'complete madness' and warn public to be scepticalIsrael is considering plans to build an artificial island off the coast of...
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Undisciplined Libyan rebels no match for Gaddafi's forces
• Alarm over leaders' lack of control on battlefield• Rebels blame setbacks on lack of heavy weaponsIf there's an ammunition shortage, no one has told Khalif Saed. He was firing off a large machine gun...
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Strikes over privatised prisons could lead to troops running them
As justice secretary Ken Clarke prepares to announce winning bids to run jails, prison officers consider industrial actionUp to 3,000 troops have been put on standby to run any prison hit by industrial...
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Dixons blames government cuts for profit warning
Retailers such as Home Retail Group, DFS and Co-op are feeling the pinch as shoppers get thrifty amid fears of job lossesThe boss of electricals group Dixons said that government cuts were having a...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger: David Cameron's secret weapon over Libya
The Terminator star turned up at the Commons to give the PM his backing for his handling of the international crisisDavid Cameron would like the world to believe he is a measured war leader who follows...
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Literary agent jailed for cheating would-be authors out of thousands
Robin Price gets six years for spinning his own tall tales to his clients about Hollywood contactsA literary agent who duped budding authors and investors into handing over more than £500,000 for...
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WikiLeaks has altered the leaking game for good. Now they must be fewer, but...
For whistleblowers, government and press, the age of digileaks cries out for new rules on what to hide – and revealSuppose you know a secret that you think should be made public. How do you go about...
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Syrian president blames foreign conspirators for inflaming protests
Observers predict further trouble after Friday prayers as Assad's TV broadcast, which detailed no reforms, angers the nationSyrians reacted with anger and disappointment after their president, Bashar...
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Arts cuts are an act of unthinking vandalism to the cultural landscape
A black day for the arts in England as government austerity measures mean 200 organisations lose their fundingIt is a black day for the arts in England and, for all the government's comforting...
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Never mind the bullfights | Rosa Montero
Our Spanish character has changed – we've left the xenophobic machismo of the Franco era behindStereotypes stick in the mind like parasites: it's easier to increase a country's GDP per head twelvefold...
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Mystery rugby player in Pretoria arrested over decapitation
Victim who survived another alleged attack says the suspect told him he was seeking revenge for his daughter's rapeA former rugby player has been arrested after allegedly decapitating one man and...
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Kenneth Clarke denies weakening new anti-bribery law
Campaigners say the act 'creates loopholes for overseas bribes' but many firms welcome protection of corporate hospitalityMinisters have been accused of undermining the long delayed legislation...
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For art's sake – and ours | David Edgar
The anti-cuts case can't be just the elitism of the arts' intrinsic value, nor their social utility, but bothThree years ago at the Young Vic theatre 500 arts people dragged the then Arts Council...
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Libya conflict leaves both sides running short of ammunition
Two weeks of intense fighting leaves rebels and government forces low on weapons – and exposes rebel's shortcomingsBoth sides in the Libya conflict are running short of weapons and ammunition after...
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