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Teachers to be given protection against pupils' false allegations
Michael Gove's measures to enforce school discipline will include giving heads power to press criminal chargesHeadteachers will be able to press criminal charges against pupils who make false...
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The coalition must hold its nerve on NHS reform | Julian Glover
Compromise is fine, but walk away from NHS reform completely and the government puts at risk pride and confidence in its entire programme for public servicesThe coalition shimmy is easy to learn but...
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The weather in March
Scotland had near-normal amounts of precipitation during March, but elsewhere in the UK it was remarkably dry. Northern Ireland had below-average rainfall, while averaged across England and Wales it...
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Open door: Explaining the Fukushima crisis
The readers' editor on... the confusing world of radiation exposureThe still-unfolding tragedy of Japan may be told simply through the statistics of death and destruction. However, the scientific...
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This pension reform benefits women, but has one big blot | Jackie Ashley
A flat-rate, simplified pension is good news, as is not penalising mothers and carers. But a key promise has been brokenTwo cheers and a boo. It may not be as dramatic as a war, or as politically...
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Poland should reinvent itself as the bridge between east and west | Sławomir...
Poland's old anti-Russian prejudices are preventing it from finding its true place in EuropeThe Russian writer Dmitry Merezhkovsky once told a Polish interviewer that "Russia is feminine, but she's...
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Omagh and the limits of the politics of peace | Peter Preston
The new Omagh tragedy highlights the country's political problems, and Cameron's duty to help solve themIt's a "wicked and cowardly act", says the British prime minister. "And a pointless act of...
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Green paper proposes £155 a week universal pension
• Retirement age may be linked to life expectancy • Green paper says scheme will honour accrued rightsMinisters are to outline plans for a universal state pension which they say will help those now in...
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Ai Weiwei still missing after being held by Chinese police
Artist's assistants and wife released but his whereabouts not disclosed by Beijing authoritiesAi Weiwei, China's best-known artist, remains missing more than a day after he was detained. Police have...
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Afghan protests continue against Qur'an burning
Terry Jones's church destruction of holy book leads to fourth day of demonstrations in AfghanistanProtests have continued in Afghanistan against a Florida pastor's burning of the Qur'an, prompting four...
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The Kennedys retreads old ground in life and lore of JFK
US TV programme criticised by political family as it rehashes well-worn allegations about John and Jackie KennedyAlmost half a century after its most famous member's assassination, one might have...
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Air France 447 search finds bodies at bottom of Atlantic
Underwater robots discover remains and debris but hunt continues for flight recorders to determine cause of Airbus crashInvestigators have found bodies among the wreckage of an Air France plane...
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Yemen troops kill protesters in Taiz
Soldiers use live ammunition on protesters demanding removal of President Saleh, killing at least 12Yemeni security forces and gunmen in civilian clothes have fired on protesters marching through the...
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Musical monk creates ship of hope for homeless Polishmen
Residents take over backyard of St Lazarus shelter to build schooner from ashes of political upheaval for global voyageWhere a communist-era tractor factory once stood in south Warsaw, around the back...
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Pro-cuts activists to stage 'polite' London demonstration
Supporters of coalition's cuts programme – including Taxpayers' Alliance – to turn out on 14 May for Rally Against DebtThe British political right is preparing to fight back against anti-cuts protests...
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Iman al-Obeidi 'released' from Libyan detention
Report says woman removed from hotel after claiming she was raped by government militia was freed several days agoIman al-Obeidi, the woman bundled out of a hotel in Tripoli after claiming she had been...
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Whiff of suffering: medical volume reveals brutality of early nose jobs
19th century book for sale at auction makes no mention of pain relief but describes how patients should be held downThe nose job may seem to have become an almost routine procedure for budding pop...
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St Ives beats the best of Spain, France and Italy in list of top beach resorts
As well as its beaches, the town boasts top cultural attractions such as Tate St Ives and the Barbara Hepworth museumIt may not have the buzzing nightlife or the scorching weather that holidaymakers...
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This benefits bonanza is more big Serco than big society | Polly Toynbee
The evidence is damning: private firms aren't much cop at welfare to work. But their chief executives are earning millionsIncapacity benefit claimants began to be "invited" in for tough new...
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