Liechtenstein for hire at $70,000 a night
Liechtenstein rental scheme includes customised street signs, temporary currency and accommodation for 150Executives with cash to burn traditionally hire luxury yachts, secluded villas or expensive...
View ArticleLibya strategy splits Britain and France
France says overthrow of Gaddafi is beyond scope of UN resolution but Britain says no new resolution is neededBritain and France, close allies in the Libyan campaign, are at odds over whether the...
View ArticleAston Martin steps into crowded Indian luxury car market
British manufacturer joins India's high-priced car market – but can it beat other marques like Bugatti and Lamborghini?It's a combination that might have made James Bond raise an immaculately groomed...
View ArticleLondon Marathon director was paid almost £250,000 last year
Sum understood to have been paid to Dave Bedford is thought to be one of charity sector's most lucrative pay dealsTens of thousands of runners will slog around the London Marathon course on Sunday in...
View ArticleNHS reforms going ahead regardless of pause, chief executive's letter suggests
Labour accuses government of 'ploughing on regardless' with plans as letter talks of need to maintain momentumThe government has been accused of "ploughing on regardless" with its restructuring of the...
View ArticleHundreds attend kiss-in outside John Snow pub after venue closes its doors
Soho pub which ejected gay couple for 'obscene' kissing closes in bid to thwart protest – but kiss-in continues right outside• Follow today's developments in our kissing in public live blogThe pub at...
View ArticleBuyers besiege Dublin auction where you can pick up a semi for £20,000
Crowds spill on to the pavement for the first sale of 'distressed property' in IrelandThe Irish property bubble burst in such spectacular fashion that it will cost Irish taxpayers for years to come....
View ArticleFashion world goes bananas over Prada's loud and lurid summer look
Italian fashion house's bold prints, maxi stripes and fruity earrings are taking the high street by stormTriple-decker brothel creepers, loud lurid stripes, cartoonish monkeys and super bold bananas –...
View ArticleNews Corp's loss is £100,000 and rising – but it's still a good day
Offering to meet Sienna Miller's financial demand in full is the first step in closing down the civil cases against the companySienna Miller wanted £100,000 to settle her phone-hacking case. The actor...
View ArticleLibya is all about logistics now | Abdel Bari Atwan
Behind Obama, Cameron and Sarkozy's statement on Libya lies desperation – and an ominous mission creepFriday's joint statement on Libya by David Cameron, Nicolas Sarkozy and Barack Obama is significant...
View Article91 victims and rising: Met police admits scale of phone hacking
High court proposes four test case hearings as Sienna Miller offered £100,000 to settleScotland Yard has accepted for the first time the extent of the phone-hacking scandal when it told a court the...
View ArticleFTSE edges towards 6000
Increases in property, retail and tobacco sector shares make up for losses in financial and mining sectorsThe FTSE 100 index edged closer to the 6000 mark as growth in property, retail and tobacco...
View ArticleDesire Lines – review
Chapter, CardiffIan Rowlands's new play, set on trains and buses across a "small country", certainly captures the feel of a long journey on public transport. There's anticipation, frustration, humour,...
View ArticlePhone hacking scandal: the test cases
These are four people whose claims against News Group will take precedence in court proceedingsThe test cases to be heard later this year or early next year include four of the victims who won an...
View ArticleMichelle Collins, Walford's wicked witch, wings way to Coronation Street
Ex-EastEnders actor to take place behind Weatherfield bar as Stella, a 'feisty blonde with plenty of attitude'As Cindy Beale in EastEnders, she was television's undisputed queen of mean. But Michelle...
View ArticleThis satnav of the labour ward is driving us the wrong way | Annalisa Barbieri
Birth monitors cost the NHS millions, and were never meant to replace a labouring woman's default help: the midwifeWhen I gave birth to my first child in 2003, I was as prepared as I could be:...
View ArticlePalestinians rally to mourn kidnapped Italian activist murdered by extremists
Gaza braces for crackdown from Hamas authorities after hasty killing of Vittorio Arrigoni, 36Hamas is expected to launch a crackdown on Islamic extremists in Gaza after the murder of an Italian peace...
View ArticleAfter being asked to leave the John Snow, I was shaking with rage | Jonathan...
Should two men kissing still be a problem in the UK, in London, today? We should be free to kiss anywhere we chooseYou go on a date. Pizza leads to crêpe, which leads to a nice pub you go to regularly....
View ArticleA republican fairy tale | Merryn Venneear
Thirty years ago I wore a Don't Do It Di badge to an anti-royal-wedding bop and found my own princeSo, Camden council in north London is not allowing republicans to have their own street parties. What...
View ArticleAV reform: Nick Clegg derides 'desperate' no campaign
Lib Dem leader accuses George Osborne of peddling 'ludicrous false claims' over AV funding as cabinet tensions riseCabinet tensions over the AV referendum will be exposed when Nick Clegg accuses George...
View Article