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Libyan rebels resist Misrata onslaught as Typhoon joins Nato air campaign

Rebel forces say they are making progress, while Nato states Typhoon's first bombing mission hit government tanksHeavy fighting has continued in the centre of Misrata as rebels fight off a continued...

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Unilever and Procter & Gamble fined £280m for price fixing

European commission says consumer goods groups colluded over washing powder prices in eight countriesUnilever and Procter & Gamble have been hit with fines totalling €315.2m (£281m) for fixing the...

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Asos, Mango and JD Sports report strong profits

Young fashion trio's figures stand out in the flat retail sectorThe fashion tribe are keeping the tills ringing at Asos, Mango and JD Sports with the trio, whose stores are a mecca for the under-30s,...

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Ivory Coast settles into tentative peace following arrest of Laurent Gbagbo

Abidjan residents begin to return to normal life days after capture of rogue leader, amid reports of continued violence in YopougonThe long queue zigzagging outside a reopened bakery on Wednesday...

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Scottish Ballet Alice – review

Theatre Royal, GlasgowWinter 2010 saw four Cinderella ballets touring the UK, but spring 2011 is all about Alice. Just six weeks after the Royal premiered Christopher Wheeldon's Alice, Scottish Ballet...

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Die Hochzeit des Camacho – review

Philharmonic Hall, LiverpoolMendelssohn, it would seem, blew hot and cold about opera, a genre associated with his youth. He wrote five, completing the last and best-known, Die Hochzeit des Camacho,...

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Language at risk of dying out – the last two speakers aren't talking

Trouble in Tabasco for centuries-old Ayapaneco tongue as anthropologists race to compile dictionary of Nuumte OoteThe language of Ayapaneco has been spoken in the land now known as Mexico for...

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London Snorkelling Team – review

Roundhouse, LondonIt's not that the London Snorkelling Team don't take music seriously. Their squiggly compositions, inspired by the characterful jazz of Raymond Scott, 1950s/60s lounge exotica, and...

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BP Portrait award shortlist praised for diversity of styles

Director of National Portrait Gallery says selection proves that contemporary portraiture remains an 'energetic and telling force'A naked woman chained to a rock, a scarred man with an air of defiant...

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Kate Middleton confirmed ahead of royal wedding, Clarence House reveals

Spokesman says future princess became full member of Church of England in private service at St James's PalaceShe probably didn't need to do it, but when one is about to marry a chap who will one day...

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Job losses have hit women hardest

Unemployment figures were better than expected, but women and young people are suffering most in a tough labour marketWomen are bearing the brunt of the job losses in Britain's labour market, official...

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BP faces shareholder revolt as Rosneft deal hangs in balance

As the Deepwater Horizon crisis continues, new chief executive Bob Dudley battles to turn the oil group aroundBob Dudley, chief executive of BP, will face hostile shareholders on Thursday and, barring...

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Ian Tomlinson shove could have triggered heart attack, says Patel

Pathologist tells inquest he found no physical evidence shove caused death but stress could aggravate heart conditionThe stress caused by Ian Tomlinson being shoved to the ground by a police officer...

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Milan furniture fair hosts record numbers in its 50th year

More than 2,700 companies exhibiting at Salone Internazionale del Mobile, the biggest event in the design calendarHundreds of thousands of visitors have descended on Milan this week for the biggest...

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Obama proposes $4tn spending cuts to tackle deficit

President's 12-year plan to reduce budget deficit includes curbs on defence spending and Medicare reformsBarack Obama has set the stage for a new and bigger budget showdown with the Republicans,...

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Greece denies it is heading towards default

Almost a year after Greece received the biggest bailout in history, demands are growing for a debt restructuringGreece has strongly denied it is heading for a sovereign default amid growing speculation...

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Taliban is demoralised, says British forces commander

Brigadier James Chiswell described insurgency in Afghanistan as 'increasingly fractured and increasingly demoralised'Amid widespread predictions of a bloody fighting season in Afghanistan, the...

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Andrew Lansley says sorry as nurses vote against him

Health minister admits he has to 'live and learn' about troubled NHS reforms as he slips into private meetingA grey-haired man with a puzzled frown slipped into Liverpool on a secret mission to the...

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The cultural cringe subverted | Julian Glover

Only in Tasmania could Mona exist – an outsider's tilt at the orthodoxies of the art establishmentI was in a dark, noisy bunker cut into a cliff, recently, on an island off an island on the edge of...

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Bradley Manning needs consular visit, mother tells William Hague

Susan Manning calls on British foreign secretary to check her son's physical and mental health in maximum security custodyThe mother of Bradley Manning, the US soldier accused of leaking data to...

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