Two Britons shot dead during Florida holiday in notorious gang area
Police arrest 16-year-old on suspicion of murder of James Kouzaris, 24, and James Cooper, 25, in Newtown, SarasotaTwo British holidaymakers have been shot and killed in Florida in what police believe...
View ArticleMinister decries adoption 'age bar'
Tim Loughton says few children taken in care at five or older are placed with a family, due to 'informal age limit' by local authoritiesThe minister responsible for fostering and adoption has...
View ArticlePatients denied key treatments due to NHS cost-cutting, surgeons warn
Open letter accuses health trusts of letting public down by branding some elective surgery 'lower value'Read the FSSA's letterGrowing numbers of patients are being wrongly denied a new hip, a weight...
View ArticleCameron and Miliband to lock horns over AV as debate divides coalition
PM to share platform with Labour's John Reid, while opposition leader joined by Vince CableDavid Cameron will today declare that he is opposing the alternative vote from gut instinct as much as from...
View ArticleSouth Cambridgeshire tops quality of life survey
South Cambridgeshire is the best place to live in rural Britain, according to a survey by the HalifaxThe countryside around Cambridge is the best place to live in rural Britain, according to a Halifax...
View ArticleInsights from ecologists show ways of preventing economic disaster
By early 2009, 23 of the biggest European and American banks saw 90% of their market value evaporateIn the eight centuries from 1000-1800 AD the world's fish stocks and species numbers were stable and...
View ArticleErnst & Young Item Club warns against premature interest rate rise
Item club's spring forecasts show the economy growing by 1.8% this year and unemployment edging up to 8.3% in early 2012A premature rise in interest rates – before a recovery in Britain's corporate...
View ArticleCivil servants challenge 'unacceptable' pensions change
Civil servants, unions and pensioners demand judicial review into switch to lower index for annual pension increasesAn alliance of civil servants, police associations, the GMB union and pensioner...
View ArticleOpen door: Churnalism, satire and rigorous research
The readers' editor on… web-savvy readers holding journalists to accountAn apparently innocuous article that used an item of research to gently poke fun at educational research in general brought a...
View ArticleWith a tartan twist, this AV vote could end up riveting | Jackie Ashley
Never has a duller issue caused so many to sound insane with rage. But the referendum might have some spectacular resultsRight country, wrong analysis: I am writing from Scotland, which is the right...
View ArticleDeadly attack at Afghan defence ministry
Man entered building and killed at least one person, according to varied reportsA man wearing Afghan army uniform has killed at least one person at the Afghan defence ministry, a government spokesman...
View ArticleChina police blockading Tibetan monastery, say exiles
2,500 monks under house arrest at Kirti Buddhist monastery in Sichuan province, according to reports relayed from sceneChinese state media have confirmed reports of clashes between monks and police at...
View ArticleRBS investors protest at high executive salaries at rowdy annual meeting
One shareholder strips to underpants in protest over payConsumers will pay more for banking services as a result of the proposals by the independent banking commission, the chairman of Royal Bank of...
View ArticleThese humanitarians come to Libya with missiles, and an agenda | Simon Jenkins
Rather than protecting Libyans Nato is prolonging the agony of civil war. David Cameron should think on Suez and retreatTo creep or not to creep, that is the question. Britain's Libyan war is entering...
View ArticleJude Law selected for Cannes jury
Actor joins Robert de Niro and Uma Thurman to select Palme d'Or winning feature filmJude Law has been chosen as one of the jurors for the 64th Cannes film festival.The actor will sit on the feature...
View ArticlePlans for tough European rules on oil spills come under attack
UK and other governments oppose EU regulations aimed at preventing oil leaks at deepwater drilling operationsEuropean plans to crack down hard on oil companies with a series of measures to prevent a...
View ArticleWest End hit Clybourne Park wins Pulitzer prize for drama
Author Bruce Norris joins Edward Albee, Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams as winner of prestigious prizeClybourne Park, which won the Olivier award for best new play for its...
View ArticlePhone hacking: Ed Miliband calls for inquiry into press abuses
Exclusive: Labour leader calls for review of regulation and practices after News International's admission of wrongdoingEd Miliband has become the first political leader to call for an independent...
View ArticlePress standards: tougher regulation would be fought tooth and nail
Ed Miliband's inquiry call may irritate industry already troubled by superinjunctions and commercial problemsEd Miliband's call for an inquiry into press standards is likely to irritate an industry...
View ArticleLondon 2012 Olympics cash row settled
Organising committee of London Olympics and British Olympic Association reach agreement on sharing profitsThe damaging row between the organising committee of the London Olympics and the British...
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