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India v Pakistan: ultimate cricket derby brings two countries to a standstill

About a billion people watched on television as India beat Pakistan by 29 runs, reaching the World Cup finalIn the northern Indian city of Mohali, prime ministers Manmohan Singh of India and Yousaf...

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Challenge to Cameron over torture claims

Alleged terrorist says he was taken to Uganda and interrogated by MI5An alleged terrorist says he has been interrogated by British intelligence officers after being severely mistreated at a notorious...

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Nick Clegg's new 'report card' aims to improve social mobility

The deputy prime minister says data collected will enable the government to see if policies are workingThe government is to introduce an annual "report card" to assess whether it is improving people's...

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Tomlinson inquest: policeman accused of attack was van driver who had moved

PC Simon Harwood had been expected to remain beside three police vans but had become separated, inquest hearsThe police officer accused of attacking Ian Tomlinson moments before he died at the G20...

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Bluelou on the Fukushima disaster in Japan - cartoon

Officials concede they are no closer to resolving nuclear crisis as high level of radiation is detected in oceanBluelou

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Drink and drugs rife at new year riot prison, report finds

Ford open prison inspectors told drugs and alcohol easy to get hold of a month before disturbancesFord open prison, the scene of a New Year's Day riot, was awash with drugs and alcohol when prison...

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NHS Confederation presses ministers to rethink health service reforms

NHS Confederation wants the plan for GP-led consortiums to take over from primary care trusts to be introduced more slowlyNHS chiefs are urging ministers to rethink their health service shakeup because...

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Corrections and clarifications

• A front page article, reporting on the nuclear crisis in Japan, said readings at the plant had reached "8,217 microsieverts per hour – described by broadcaster NHK as equivalent to eight times the...

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Letters: The price of a civilised society

I wonder if Vince Cable can explain how the "mansion tax" he proposes is a "fair" alternative to a tax on those with high incomes (Mansion tax could replace 50p tax rate, says Cable, 28 March). It will...

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Letter: Informed debate on NHS pensions

The publication of Lord Hutton's review (Report, 11 March) has sparked considerable debate about pensions, not all of it well informed. The cost of public sector pensions is already decreasing. The NHS...

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Letters: Long shadows cast by Spain's past – and its present austerity

Your article (28 March) about Spain's stolen babies scandal highlighted an important issue that is only beginning to come to light. But it does not mention the other scandal involving the Franco...

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Letters: Policing must not be politically motivated

As a relatively new protest movement UK Uncut have played a significant part in changing the terms of debate around economic policy in this country. Indeed they were instrumental in ensuring more...

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Country diary: Northamptonshire

Seaton Meadows are dominated by the 82 spans of the Welland viaduct. Stretching a kilometre across the broad, shallow valley, the 18-metre-high, smoky black brickwork is a colossal Victorian...

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Letters: Clock wise

Ghana performed well against England despite having played Congo 4,000 miles away in Brazzaville only two days previously, but they weren't the "jet-lagged squad" you described (Gyan steals Carroll's...

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Arts funding: creative tensions | Editorial

These are wrong cuts to one of the most successful, vibrant and cost-effective sectors in British lifeJust before the 2010 election, the head of one of Britain's most admired arts organisations was...

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Syria: A lost opportunity | Editorial

The president's address consisted almost entirely of generalities, offered no new measures and made no specific promisesHas President Bashar al-Assad missed his moment? He has certainly succeeded in...

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Hugh Muir's diary

What to do with asylum seekers who go awol? Like fine wine they mature, and disappear• "You've got to have a system," the comedian Harry Hill would proclaim to much hilarity. And at the UK Border...

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Libya conflict: revelations emerge that Obama has authorised undercover help

Barack Obama has signed 'finding' order, fuelling speculation that US and allies are planning to arm rebelsThe scope of active US and British involvement with the Libyan rebels came under close...

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Libya: blow to Gaddafi as foreign minister defects to UK

Moussa Koussa says he is no longer willing to represent the regime in a morale boost for the rebelsMuammar Gaddafi's authority inside Libya suffered a significant blow when his foreign minister quit...

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Obama calls for cut in US oil imports by a third

President announces fuel efficiency goals – but Republicans push to stop administration from acting on climate changeBarack Obama called for cutting US oil imports by a third on Wednesday, in a speech...

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