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Britain has allowed its weapons to be used for internal repression, MPs say

Committee calls for review of successive governments' dealings with authoritarian regimes worldwideSuccessive governments have allowed British arms supplied to north Africa and the Middle East to be...

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Experts speak out on what Andrew Lansley should change in his health bill

As the health secretary delays legislation, professionals and politicians say what they think he should do now with his plansThe health secretary, Andrew Lansley, said that he would delay the health...

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Ivory Coast: The final battle | Editorial

Responsibility to protect loomed large in the debate about intervening in Libya, but was long curiously absent from Ivory CoastResponsibility to protect loomed large in the debate about intervening in...

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In praise of … Terence Rattigan | Editorial

A great injustice was done when the plays of Rattigan were swept aside by the Royal Court-led theatrical revolution of the 1950sIt has long been recognised that a great injustice was done when the...

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Letters: Walking a fine line in nuclear debate

John Vidal questions whether official estimates of the risk of radiation exposure are accurate, and points to health effects around Chernobyl as a clear indication that they are not (Nuclear's green...

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Corrections and clarifications

• An article about the 1991 killings of Lesley Howell and Trevor Buchanan in Castlerock, County Derry, wrongly referred to the deceased as lovers. The two were murdered by their respective spouses, who...

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David Cameron visits Islamabad to patch up relations with Pakistan

Prime minister seeks to 'deepen the unbreakable partnership' and plans to announce extra aid for PakistanDavid Cameron is to try to mend relations with the Pakistani government with a lightning visit...

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Letters: Shimon Peres, the Arab spring and the Goldstone report

A pleasure to hear from Shimon Peres that "Israel welcomes the Arab spring" (Clash of generations, 1 April), particularly given its initial response, as reported in both Haaretz and the Jewish...

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Letters: Silk routes

Peter Silverton may be right about Heathcliff intending to call Nelly Dean a Jeremy (Letters, 4 April). A simpler explanation is that for 19th-century people, "bitch" was as offensive an epithet as the...

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Letters: Rural theatre and poetry hit by cuts

It was good to read that Swaledale "can breathe easily again" (In praise of…, 4 April) with the reprieve of the Hudson House community facility in Reeth, but just as the national park restores its...

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Letters: Feminism and jobs for the boys

David Willetts has suggested women are to blame for the disadvantages of working-class men (Minister blames feminism over lack of jobs for working men, 2 April). He does not acknowledge that women of...

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Health reforms: second opinion | Editorial

Andrew Lansley felt the need to go to the Commons yesterday and express confidence in his billThe need for a public vote of confidence is reliably more instructive than the ringing terms in which it is...

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Andrew Lansley's busy shift at Westminster hospital

'It takes a certain talent to unite Norman Tebbit and MC NxtGen,' health minister is toldThe coalition's health reform bill was rushed into casualty at Westminster hospital after complaining of severe...

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Country diary: South-east Somerset

The new community magazine in our village, Horsington, says that the mothers and toddlers group has had to close because of a local shortage of toddlers. But three miles away at the supermarket...

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Andrew Lansley scrambles to save coalition's NHS reforms

Health secretary makes the rare step of making a Commons statement on his bill as it passes through parliamentThe health secretary, Andrew Lansley, is to launch a last-ditch attempt to rescue his...

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Barack Obama eyes $1bn re-election bid as Republicans ponder challengers

US president opts for aggressive start to his 2012 campaign to defeat the Republicans and return to the White HouseBarack Obama has formally launched his campaign for re-election to the White House...

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Weatherwatch: La Niña brings more flooding

Floods and mudslides hit southern Thailand last week, killing at least 35 people and affecting the lives of 2 million. The floods followed unseasonable rainstorms across the Malay Peninsula, with radar...

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Hugh Muir's diary

An unpalatable naked truth confronts Dirty Des• Now he has the mainstream TV channel he's always craved, many are asking what Richard Desmond will do next. Speculation yesterday about a possible merger...

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Doctor Who: it's back – promising to be the scariest and darkest yet

Show runner Steven Moffat risks ire of fans with announcement involving fate of one of show's four main charactersNearly 50 years after Doctor Who first appeared on BBC1, the Doctor's capacity for...

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Bradley Manning case: British moral authority 'at risk'

Welsh MP says UK must challenge US over treatment of soldier being detained for alleged leak of state secrets to WikiLeaksBritish diplomats will express with officials in Washington for a second time...

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