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Co-operative Group commits to ambitious ethical operating plan
Co-op aims to cut carbon emissions by 35%, increase Fairtrade product lines and invest £1bn in green energyThe Co-operative Group is launching an ethical operating plan that it hopes will set a...
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Co-op boss sets sights on retail's premier league
Peter Marks on how the Co-operative societies can do their bit for the 'big society'Peter Marks, the Co-op's Rolling Stones-obsessed chief executive, has been thinking a lot about the "big society"...
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Corrections and clarifications
• A leader column about the alternative vote referendum incorrectly named the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust as a significant donor to the yes campaign. The donor is the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust...
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Letters: Lack of evidence to support NHS proposals
Simon Jenkins' fulminations about the national health service (The cure for an ailing, ageing NHS is to cut it down to size, 16 February) come only a few days after Ben Goldacre's splendid exposé of...
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TNK-BP oligarchs aim to take BP's place in Rosneft joint venture
Anglo-Russian joint venture will vote on right of first refusal over Arctic oil drilling dealBP's Russian partners are to announce their intention to derail the British company's plans to form a...
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Letters: Loose ends
There was little the bus industry would dispute in Lianna Etkind's support for the concessionary fare scheme (Response, 16 February). Many of the 5.5Â billion passengers we carry every year make a...
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Letters: Cameron's yew turn over forest sell-off
So the articulate middle classes have mobilised to force a government change of heart to protect an important aspect of their quality of life (Cameron in U-turn over forests sell-off, 17 February)....
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Skiwatch: The predicted Alpine snow arrives
The predicted Alpine snowfall has arrived, with up to 50cm of new snow in parts of Italy. There has been less new snow in France, Austria and Switzerland. California's Squaw Valley has an impressive...
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Country diary: Northumberland
Recently I have seen a few wild birds and, occasionally, a small rat or rabbit killed on one of our minor country roads. Modern, fast-moving traffic has increased the toll of wild birds and mammals on...
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Hugh Muir's diary
We root out wrongdoing and we represent the Queen. Can we have our gear back please?• No stone is left unturned, as officials delve into the torture of "terrorist suspects" by shadowy forces in Iraq....
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Anna Nicole - review
Royal Opera House, LondonNobody could accuse them of not trying hard enough to turn the first performance of Mark-Anthony Turnage's opera on the life of Anna Nicole Smith into an event. Beforehand...
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Three stabbed in Trafalgar Square brawl
19 other people arrested after fight broke out at tourist spot at around 4pmThree men were stabbed and 19 others arrested after a fight broke out in Trafalgar Square yesterday.Police are linking the...
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UK Uncut targets banks as copycat group forms in America
Anti-tax avoidance organisation aims to bring 30 Barclays branches to a standstill while US Uncut plans own demonstrationsHundreds of protesters are expected to occupy banks around the country amid...
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Children's authors dominate list of favourite UK library books
Seven of the UK's top ten most borrowed authors write books for childrenIt's enough to give Martin Amis a nasty headache: seven children's writers made the list of 10 most borrowed authors from UK...
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Universities must engage and debate with extremists, report says
Vice-chancellors group study calls for colleges not to proscribe controversial speakers and help defend free speechVice-chancellors should reject demands to ban controversial speakers and "engage with,...
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Study finds therapy and exercise best for ME
Chronic fatigue syndrome study finds more people recover if they are helped to try to do more than they think they canThe biggest-ever study of treatments for ME, also known as chronic fatigue...
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Supermarkets agree to stock Christian-themed Easter eggs
New Easter egg raises money for two charities and mentions Jesus on the boxChurch leaders have secured a small victory in their fight against secularism and the marginalisation of Christianity after...
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MPs criticise ministers over lack of growth strategy
Report by the Business, Innovation and Skills committee calls for more action on bank lendingA powerful committee of backbench MPs says it is time for ministers to back up their tough talk on providing...
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Challenge Britannia: to perform some Disney-style magic at faded Pontins
Alex Langsam, the Britannia Hotels boss, has plans for PontinsHi-de-hi campers! There is a new head bluecoat at Pontins and he has got big plans for the future.Alex Langsam, whose Britannia hotel...
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David Cameron and Nick Clegg 'undock' to take opposing sides on AV
PM to argue reform is 'opposite of what we need' but deputy will say change is good for our democracyDavid Cameron and Nick Clegg will go head-to-head over Britain's voting system with Cameron warning...
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