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Prisoners' voting rights: government loses final appeal in European court
European court of human rights rules UK must draw up proposals to end ban on prisoners voting within six monthsThe government has lost its final appeal against giving prisoners the right to vote...
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The pendulum will swing from Tory axe to Labour spending. But how fast? |...
Voters accept the old story that Labour wrecks the economy, and Tories destroy society. The coalition may do bothThe pendulum is getting a bit creaky. There was a time, back in the 60s and 70s, when it...
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Harvard admits record numbers of African-American and Latino students
As Oxford attracts criticism for intake, its Ivy League counterpart reaps rewards of outreach work with ethnic minoritiesWhile Oxford draws criticism for the racial profile of its intake, Harvard's...
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David Miliband critical of US-led Afghanistan strategy
The former foreign secretary proposes handing over responsibility for building a political solution to the UNThe former foreign secretary David Miliband is to make a strong critique of the US-led...
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Happiness is not about ticking boxes
When you quantify happiness, you make it prescriptive, suggesting there is a right and wrong way of being happyYou can't fault the intention. Who wouldn't want everyone to be happier? So why does the...
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Japan's battle for Fukushima is far from over, one month on
Several hundred engineers continue struggle to prevent meltdown at nuclear plant but the risks are still immenseRadiation, aftershocks, fire, a tsunami evacuation, and hours and hours of difficult,...
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Oxford University diversity row: 'Grades aren't enough'
As Oxford's record on ethnic minorities is criticised, black students describe their experiences at the universityThere has only been one moment in his three years at Oxford when Stephen Bush felt...
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Radiation from Fukushima spreads, but threat to rest of world is low
Amounts of radioactive contamination have been detected around the globe but not in levels dangerous to human healthRadioactive contamination from the Fukushima power plant has been carried around the...
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NHS funding pressures hitting frontline, says A&E chief
Emergency care system 'struggling to cope' while 'many departments spend their time firefighting'Hospital casualty departments are struggling to cope with growing demand for emergency care because they...
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Gillian Duffy reclaims her place in angry voters' hall of fame
Pensioner who publicly grilled Gordon Brown last year has resurfaced to challenge Nick Clegg over coalition spending cutsGillian Duffy is the latest in a line of voters who have become mini-celebrities...
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A&E chief delivers his verdict on 'fragile' frontline services
Dr John Heyworth says with demand for A&E care increasing year on year there are not the number of senior staff needed"Emergency medicine involves all patients, all ages, all illnesses and...
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Why Sarkozy is no 'Africain' | Pierre Haski
France's Africa policy is a disastrous mixture of muscular intervention, opportunism and neglectOfficially, French troops in Ivory Coast are described by their government as "impartial forces". This is...
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Denis Donaldson murder investigation makes arrest in County Donegal
Man, 70, held on suspicion of withholding information connected to death of IRA informer five years agoPolice in the Republic of Ireland have arrested a 70-year-old man as part of an investigation into...
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Letters: Tornado whips up defence rethink
Having spent a career in advertising but a lifetime in love with aviation, I couldn't help but stick my (civvy) oar into your ongoing RAF v Royal Navy spending skirmish. What drew me to the debate was...
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Letters: Islamophobia on the rise as austerity bites
Writing during a period of great religious conflict, John Locke stated that the "toleration of those that differ from others in matters of religion is so agreeable to […] the genuine reason of mankind,...
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Funk It Up About Nothin' - review
Theatre Royal, Stratford EastIt makes perfect sense. Beatrice and Benedick's verbal sparring in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing is a precursor to freestyle rap - or at least, it's easy to think so...
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Specialist nursing cuts may force patients into hospital, says RCN
Royal College of Nursing says 'short-sighted' decision-making by NHS trusts will lead to unnecessary hospitalisationPatients risk being forced into hospital because of cuts to specialist nursing that...
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Letters: Oxford access is coloured by class
David Cameron is partly right when he deplores that scarcity of African/Caribbean students at Oxford University (Report, 12 April). But the fact that he used the term black may have confused the...
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BBC World Service cuts must be reversed, say MPs
Commons select committee calls for BBC World Service budget to be ringfenced to prevent 'long-term erosion' of its fundingAn influential cross-party committee of MPs has called for the cuts to the...
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Letters: Safety measures at the Grand National
All who love racing and horses will have been very saddened by the accidents which led to the death of Ornais and Dooney's Gate during the Grand National this year (Report, 11 April). It was...
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