Budget pledge by George Osborne over loans for small firms
Defiant chancellor promises credit plan to start before budget as world markets tumble as fresh fears build over Greek bailoutGeorge Osborne has promised businesses that credit easing, the government's...
View ArticleReading 1-0 Portsmouth | Championship match report
In a dour contest that did neither side credit, the stark contrast between the haves and the have-nots of the Championship was no greater illustrated than here last night. Newly rich Reading sneaked...
View ArticleArsenal 3-0 Milan (agg 3-4) | Champions League match report
It was one comeback too far. Arsenal's performance touched on the exquisite in the first half yet the agonising failure tasted the same. No team in Champions League history have overturned a four-goal...
View ArticleLondon 2012: Hannah Miley eyes Olympic double for Team GB
• Miley, Turner and Allen demonstrate depth in Team GB• Joe Roebuck, Roberto Pavoni qualify for 200m butterflyHannah Miley could climb the podium as the first Team GB medallist next summer in the 400m...
View ArticleAusterity and the better-off: retrenchment a la carte | Editorial
The welfare overhaul has wended its way through parliament, and at no point were the poor offered a choiceThe great welfare overhaul has finally wended its way through parliament, and at no point...
View ArticleParliamentary boundaries: England's anguish | Editorial
More than 40,000 people have responded to the Boundary Commission for England's attempt to redraw the parliamentary constituency mapMore than 40,000 people have responded to the Boundary Commission for...
View ArticleRangers' top earners ready to take 75% pay cut to avoid redundancies
• Lower-paid players agree smaller cuts to their salaries• Kyle Bartley: pay cuts will help to save people's jobRangers' players are on the verge of agreeing a tiered pay cut deal to avoid what earlier...
View ArticleGeorge Galloway 'almost certain' to stand in Bradford West byelection
Former Respect MP expelled from the Labour party in 2003 expected to put himself forward as a candidateGeorge Galloway was back on the campaign trail on Tuesday , announcing that he was "almost...
View ArticlePlaying games with the Treasury
The three wise monkeys – hear no evil, hear no evil, and hear no evil – just didn't have enough to doTreasury questions, the last before the budget, so naturally George Osborne was saying nothing much....
View ArticleHugh Muir's diary
I'll have no truck with tax avoiders, says Boris. That'll make life awkward• The war between Ken and Boris hots up, and already Boris has a stick with which to beat his rival for the London mayoralty:...
View ArticleBarcelona's Pep Guardiola plays down talk of stepping in at Chelsea
• Brendan Rodgers, Redknapp and Löw also dismissive• Rodgers: 'I am trying to build my career, not destroy it'Chelsea's hopes of securing Pep Guardiola as André Villas-Boas's replacement appear even...
View ArticleCarlos Tevez cheered by Manchester City fans after goal against Bolton
• Argentinian clapped at start and when taken off• Roberto Mancini fines Mario Balotelli two weeks' wagesCarlos Tevez was clapped by the Manchester City support and scored his first goal for the club...
View ArticleCall for tighter controls on payday lenders
Influential report recommends curb on rolling over of loans and demands data sharing to reduce multiple debtsPayday lenders should be forced to limit the rolling over of loans, stop allowing customers...
View ArticleNHS forgetting needs of care home residents, warns review
Study shows medical care neglected in some districts with patients waiting for up to 18 weeks for health checksThe healthcare needs of older care home residents are being neglected in some areas of the...
View ArticleChelsea get off to flyer under Di Matteo but priorities lie elsewhere |...
Roberto Di Matteo saved his bigger guns for Chelsea's Premier League game against Stoke but still came out on topThis has been another season wrecked by in-fighting and managerial upheaval at Chelsea,...
View ArticleRoberto Di Matteo dedicates Chelsea's FA Cup win to André Villas-Boas
• Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba among senior players rested• 'We are a happy family,' claims interim manager Di MatteoRoberto Di Matteo claimed Chelsea are united after dedicating his side's 2-0...
View ArticleAlex Oxlade-Chamberlain embodies Arséne Wenger's faith in spirit
The Arsenal teenager's performance against Milan would have thrilled whoever is going to be the next England coachArsenal's exhausted players left the pitch bathed in warm applause from supporters who...
View ArticleArsène Wenger praises 'faultless' Arsenal's brave effort against Milan
• Wenger hails 'fantastic spirit' but is dismayed to go out • Arsenal manager faces Uefa charge after clash with refereeArsène Wenger felt a mixture of pride and regret after his Arsenal team came...
View ArticleKnow your Anonymous from your LulzSec
The history behind each group of hacktivists, the organisations they target, and what the future holds for themWhat is Anonymous? Anonymous is a group of online "hacktivists" – individuals from around...
View ArticlePolice face charges over death of officer during gun training
Health and Safety Executive to prosecute Greater Manchester police and two officers over death of Ian Terry in 2008Greater Manchester police are to face charges over the death of an officer who was...
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