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Four family members killed in Wales reservoir plunge are named by police
Woman, 55, survives but her husband, mother and two teenage foster sons dieThe four family members killed when their car plunged into the 30-metre deep Bwlch y Gle dam in Llanidloes, in mid Wales, were...
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Sri Lanka warns UN not to release war crimes report
UN report reveals war crimes on both sides of civil conflict, but Sri Lankans fear it would harm ethnic reconciliationSri Lanka has warned the UN that publicly releasing a report on alleged war crimes...
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Libyan rebels pay a heavy price for resisting Gaddafi in Misrata
With 1,000 dead and a further 3,000 injured, the two-month-old war has taken its toll on the people of the cityThe graves outside the shrine are packed tightly together, thick stripes of cement with...
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Miliband speech to engage with Blue Labour ideals
Influence of controversial emerging Labour faction to be heard in Ed Miliband's latest addressEd Miliband is to make his most direct engagement with the suddenly fashionable Blue Labour movement with a...
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Black male headteachers in Britain's state schools number just 30
Department for Education's figures lead one headteacher to accuse teaching profession of institutional racismThere are just 30 black male headteachers in England's 21,600 state schools, official...
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Drones can be used by Nato forces in Libya, says Obama
Senior Nato military commanders have been pressing for the unmanned US planes to strike Gaddafi forces in besieged MisrataThe White House has approved the use of missile-armed Predator drones to help...
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Little Eagles – review
Hampstead, LondonFifty years ago, Yuri Gagarin became the first man to orbit the earth. But Rona Munro, in this epic play for the RSC, has shrewdly chosen to focus on the little-known figure of Sergei...
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Man charged after arrest in connection with police officer killing
Omagh man to appear in a Northern Ireland court on Saturday although he has not been charged with murderA man who was arrested in connection with the murder of a Catholic police officer in Northern...
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Southampton toddler dies after being found unconscious in pool
Ambulance takes two-year-old boy to Southampton General Hospital but staff unable to save himA two-year-old boy has died after being found unconscious in a paddling pool.Police and ambulance crews were...
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Android phones record user-locations according to research
Discovery comes as a senator has written to Apple demanding to know why iPhones keep a secret file of users' movementsSmartphones running Google's Android software collect data about the user's...
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Country diary: Eriskay
Lying on the silvery sand is an object the approximate size and shape of a small, slightly squashed jam doughnut. But the similarity ends there, for in colour and fragility it can only be compared to...
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Letters: European action on trafficking
Your report (19 April) of Katya's terrible experience of being trafficked illustrates the crucial importance of UK participation in the new EU anti-trafficking directive, something that Liberal...
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Letters: The music goes on
I was disturbed to read James Dickenson's letter (Letters, 20 April) about Bedfordshire Youth Orchestra. As far as I am concerned, there is no reason why last weekend's concert should be the...
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Letters: The case for AV – and alternative policies
Polly Toynbee (A no to AV hurts Clegg. But a yes whacks the organ grinder, 19 April) has things back to front. Forgive the Lib Dems? Please! As she says, "nice Vince and every other Lib Dem MP voted...
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Letters: Royal democrat
No matter how hard I try, I can't help being a royalist (Letters, 21 April). Any affection for the royal family I retain sits uneasily with how I regard an institution which is essentially...
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Letters: Turning the railway station into an airport
While the EU proposals to reduce carbon emissions from transport by 60% over the next 40 years could be considered ambitious (EU could ground short-haul flights in favour of high-speed rail, 18 April),...
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Letters: Psi of despair
John Browne was the group chief executive of BP from 1995 to 2007. He is seen as the person largely responsible for the BP policies which are now the cause of considerable concern for their...
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Gordon Brown and the IMF: An unfair race | Editorial
David Cameron should make it clear that he supports a proper recruitment procedure, to be independently monitoredConsider the following scenario. A multinational corporation that has a war chest worth...
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Public holidays: give us a break | Editorial
Why not allow counties and cities the right to allocate a locally determined public holiday?This year England and Wales will have nine bank and public holidays, one more than the usual ration. Four of...
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In praise of … llamas | Editorial
Long valued for their fleeces, llamas have also been helping in efforts to save two threatened species of Lake District fishThe llama and its fluffier, smaller relative the alpaca are among the most...
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