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Apple's iPhone rockets quarterly earnings by 95% to $6bn

Revenue also up by 83% as number of iPhones sold more than doubles from a year ago – but iPad sales stutterApple's quarterly earnings grew by 95% to $6bn (£3.65bn) and revenue by 83% to $24.7bn...

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Man arrested after car plunges into reservoir, killing four

Local residents say that Peugeot 807 was clipped by car, sending it into reservoir, where only female driver escapedA man has been arrested after four people died when a car plunged into a reservoir in...

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Man charged with murder of student in Toronto

Liu Qian's boyfriend in China witnessed attack via webcam and sounded the alarmA 29-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a college student whose frantic boyfriend in China watched though a...

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Third of NHS children's units fail to comply with EU working time directive

Doctors forced to work over 48 hours, trainees left in charge and consultants doing overnight hospital stays to plug gapWhen 15 year-old Sian Jones complained of stomach pains following a successful...

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NHS children's care at risk through lack of well-qualified doctors and nurses

Paediatricians say 50% increase in consultants and many more children's nurses and GPs with paediatric experience neededChildren's lives are being put at risk by failings in hospital care where the...

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Response: It is far too early to claim the war in Afghanistan has failed

By this autumn we could be seeing positive indicators of a nation slowly rebuilding itselfI have just returned from Afghanistan and am struggling to understand the evidence on which Julian Glover based...

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Now the maths is in, it's clear: tuition fees don't add up | Zoe Williams

Either the coalition didn't do the numbers properly or its policy was designed to drag university access back to postwar levelsMost universities have announced their fees for 2012, and it hasn't worked...

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Vladimir Putin pledges to spend £32bn on increasing Russian life expectancy

Prime minister appears to make a play for return to presidency as he also promises to boost flagging birthrate by 30%Vladimir Putin has promised to spend £32.5bn on increasing life expectancy and...

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Libyan refugees flee to Tunisia as government crushes western rebellion

UN agency says 11,000 have fled from western mountains region in a crisis so far overshadowed by siege of MisrataThousands of people are fleeing heavy fighting in Libya's western mountains region,...

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Real Madrid player Sergio Ramos drops Spanish cup under a bus

Trophy takes a tumble and disappears under vehicle's wheels as footballers celebrate victory over arch-rivals BarcelonaExuberant Real Madrid footballers rode triumphantly back into town on Thursday...

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Joe Cosgrove obituary

My father Joe Cosgrove, who has died aged 93, became a doctor in Derry, Northern Ireland, in the 1940s, looking after the deprived areas of the Creggan and the Bogside. Joe and his brother Jim, both...

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Michael Peet obituary

My friend Michael Peet, who has died of cancer aged 66, was for 22 years the incumbent of linked churches in the Bow area of east London – Holy Trinity, Mile End and St Mary's, Bow. In the early years...

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From the archive, 21 April 1903: British public spurns strange new fruits

Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 21 April 1903We are becoming so spoiled with the new fruits, which within the last year or two have been submitted for our approval in a succession of...

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Archbishop of Canterbury says rich should help poor

Rowan Williams sends Maundy Thursday plea to bankers, politicians and editors to assist communities in needBankers, politicians and newspaper editors should be legally required to spend a couple of...

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US appoints Farsi spokesman to reach out to Iranians

Alan Eyre appointed by White House in move that follows UK installing Foreign Office diplomat in similar role two years agoThe US state department has appointed a Farsi spokesman in an attempt to reach...

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Raoul Moat chief constable to lead Northumbria police

Sue Sim, the first woman to head a metropolitan police force, is 'determined to reduce crime despite tough financial cuts'Sue Sim, the senior officer who fronted Northumbria police's operations during...

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Weather forecasters say refrain from Spain and remain as UK set to sizzle

Sunshine predicted for bumper Easter bank holiday weekend, with temperatures predicted to soar past Corfu and BarcelonaThe UK's bonus holiday – linking Easter, the royal wedding and May Day for nearly...

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Pennsylvania: the 'ground zero' of the US shale gas drilling boom

Sitting atop a vast deposit of natural gas, Pennsylvania knows how lucrative – and dangerous – this rapidly expanding industry is. But how can it prevent large-scale environmental damage?• Fossil fuel...

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Ian Tomlinson inquest: defibrillator readings 'inconsistent' with heart attack

On final day of inquest, cardiologist says readings taken after collapse at G20 protests appeared to rule out heart attackA heart expert has told a jury hearing evidence about the death of Ian...

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Hosni Mubarak's name to be removed from all public buildings

Egyptian court's ruling to remove names of ousted president and his wife is latest step in dismantling legacy of 29 years in powerAn Egyptian court has ordered the removal of Hosni Mubarak's name and...

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