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...
View ArticleChallenge 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...
View ArticleNick 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...
View ArticleTomlinson 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...
View ArticleBluelou 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
View ArticleDrink 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...
View ArticleNHS 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...
View ArticleCorrections 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...
View ArticleLetters: 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...
View ArticleLetter: 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...
View ArticleLetters: 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...
View ArticleLetters: 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...
View ArticleCountry 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...
View ArticleLetters: 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...
View ArticleArts 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...
View ArticleSyria: 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...
View ArticleHugh 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...
View ArticleLibya 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...
View ArticleLibya: 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...
View ArticleObama 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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