Alan Turing exhibition shows another side of the Enigma codebreaker
Personal possessions of the mathematician and computer science pioneer go on display at Bletchley Park museumHe has gone down in history as the man who cracked the Enigma code, changing the course of...
View ArticlePrisoners leaving jail will have to join Work Programme to claim benefits
Jobcentre Plus staff will process claims for Job Seekers Allowance in prison to curb reoffending ratesUp to 30,000 prisoners leaving jail each year, who then claim jobseeker's allowance (JSA), will be...
View ArticleEurope suffering from oversupply of cars, Vauxhall boss warns
Speaking at the Geneva Motor Show, Aldred said business plans drawn up shortly before the credit crunch were based on the expectation of selling 20m cars a year in Europe alone by 2014European car...
View ArticleGandhi's Congress set for poor showing in Uttar Pradesh
Rahul Gandhi's party is trailing in fourth place as the votes are counted in northern Indian stateIndia's Congress party trailed in fourth place as vote counting neared its end in Uttar Pradesh on...
View ArticleUS tornado: Indiana woman loses legs saving her children
Stephanie Decker's legs both crushed as she shields her two young children from storm ripping through their homeA woman who saved her two children by binding them together with a blanket and shielding...
View ArticleObama's transgender former nanny living in fear in Indonesia
In the 70s Evie looked after 'Barry' Obama when he lived in Jakarta, now she is afraid to dress in women's clothes after suffering taunts and beatings over her identityOnce, long ago, Evie looked after...
View ArticleVince Cable: Lib Dems are ready to cut a deal on 50p tax rate
Business secretary says his party is willing to back Tory moves to scrap top tax rate – in exchange for 'mansion tax'Vince Cable has confirmed that the Liberal Democrats are ready to scrap the 50p top...
View ArticleEurostar cancellations continue after customers endure nine-hour journeys
Four cross-Channel trains withdrawn on Tuesday as broken cable slows models down on way to Paris fashion weekEurostar passengers are enduring more delays after the Channel tunnel train company...
View ArticleEgyptian MP claimed assault to cover up nose job
Anwar al-Bulkimy claimed he was beaten and robbed but his doctor revealed he was just recovering from plastic surgeryWhen an Islamist MP reported that he had been badly beaten by masked gunmen who left...
View ArticleTime to doff the maroon cap to a king of the crease, Sir Viv Richards | Frank...
The 60th anniversary of the master blaster's birth is a reminder how his strut alone could turn bowlers to quivering wrecksAntigua's cricketing knight celebrates with a round of golf on the island's...
View ArticleSingapore's maids to get a day off
Data shows just 12% of Singapore's 200,000 domestic workers get a day off but rights groups fear new law contains loopholes and delaysIt was a day many of them thought might never come: a day off.Long...
View ArticleNew dean appointed at St Paul's Cathedral
The Very Rev Dr David Ison, dean of Bradford, will take up post in May after predecessor resigned in row over Occupy campA new dean of St Paul's Cathedral has been appointed nearly five months after...
View ArticleCorrections and clarifications
Lord St John of Fawsley | Ai Weiwei sunflower seeds | Ferrari• Lord St John of Fawsley, 'a one-off character' was corrected because Norman St John-Stevas became St John during the editing process.•...
View ArticleObama and Netanyahu: the president of hope meets the PM of doom
Their testy meeting over Iran's nuclear ambitions showed how far the Palestinian question has dropped down the agendaAt least they looked each other in the eye this time. But there was no escaping the...
View ArticleA missed opportunity for fairer child benefit
The coalition had the perfect instrument to target family allowances away from the rich – had it not chosen to abolish itBarely had the government finished refusing to rethink all those welfare cuts...
View ArticleLady Gaga can teach us about bullying
The singer talks candidly about childhood isolation at launch of her new foundation, but the real stars are the young peopleI was invited to the launch of Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation (BTWF)...
View ArticleSecret civil court hearings 'would put government above the law'
Shami Chakrabarti, David Davis, Lord Macdonald and others say Ken Clarke's plans undermine essential scrutiny of governmentExtending secret hearings into civil courts will undermine effective scrutiny...
View ArticleUK's biggest dry cleaner hit by consumer slowdown
Workers squeezed by a combination of near-stagnant wages and high inflation appear to be cutting back on dry cleaningThe UK's leading dry cleaner has provided further evidence of squeezed disposable...
View ArticleAustralia's mining boom placing Great Barrier Reef at risk, UN warns
Environmental team is assessing the reef amid concerns over rapid escalation in coal exports and gas explorationA UN environmental team has arrived in Australia for a crunch 10-day assessment of the...
View ArticlePeverel bought out of administration in £62m deal that saves 4,200 jobs
Chamonix Private Equity and Electra Partners buy property manager, ending uncertainty for tenants in retirement homes and residential blocksBritain's biggest property manager Peverel Group has been...
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