Napoli's Walter Mazzarri says they have nothing to fear against Chelsea
• Mazzarri back on touchline after ban is suspended• Edinson Cavani wary after Arsenal's fightback against MilanNapoli will attempt to smooth passage into a first ever Champions League quarter-final on...
View ArticleCommons revolt against NHS reforms defeated
Government survives two votes of no confidence in health and social care bill but faces at least two further major challengesTwo votes of no confidence in the government's NHS reforms have been...
View ArticleThe European court of human rights needs these British reforms | Anthony Lester
The Strasbourg court is in a mess. It doesn't help human rights to damn our eminently sensible reforms as reactionaryI spent last week in Strasbourg taking stock of the government's efforts to...
View ArticleChelsea can transform their season, insists John Terry
• Captain says Napoli can still be overcome• Terry denies senior players too influentialJohn Terry has urged his Chelsea team-mates to transform a campaign apparently teetering on the brink into "one...
View ArticleRebekah Brooks and husband arrested in new twist in phone-hacking inquiry
Pair released after facing day of questioning by detectives on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justiceRebekah Brooks, Rupert Murdoch's long-time confidante and a personal friend of...
View ArticleJohn Terry thanks Fabio Capello then prepares for Chelsea battle | Daniel Taylor
Captain John Terry admits this is the last chance for Chelsea's old guard to conquer EuropeIt began with a statement that he would not be taking questions about England or the Football Association but...
View ArticleSix Nations 2012: England situation 'beyond strange' – Graham Rowntree
• Stuart Lancaster should get job says assistant• Phil Dowson retained in England squadThe presence of the Rugby Football Union's chief executive, Ian Ritchie, at the team hotel in Bagshot on Tuesday...
View ArticlePhone-hacking: how the 'rogue reporter' defence slowly crumbled
A series of denials by News International after the jailing of Clive Goodman and Glenn Mulciaire became harderto sustainWithin weeks of the 2007 jailing of Clive Goodman and Glenn Mulcaire for hacking...
View ArticleLiverpool 3-0 Everton | Premier League match report
It is galling enough to be beaten in a derby fixture, but Everton found themselves contributing to the sort of high spirits that had gone missing at Anfield. The glee for the home side was enhanced by...
View ArticleSteven Gerrard shows that Liverpool still adhere to the Anfield way | Jamie...
The Liverpool captain displayed the age-old principles and philosophies of the club with an electric hat-trick in the Merseyside derbySpeaking of Liverpool's 2-1 defeat in their previous Premier League...
View ArticleOutcry over UK plans to charge European court of human rights claimants
British government calls for financial disincentives to reduce volume of cases piling up at Strasbourg courtProposals to charge claimants for taking their cases to the European court of human rights...
View ArticleMassacres are the inevitable result of foreign occupation | Seumas Milne
The latest slaughter in Afghanistan is part of a decade of savage civilian killing: until Nato leaves, it is certain to continueIt was an "isolated incident", US officials insisted. The murder of 16...
View ArticleNHS risk registers: managing the unthinkable
There is little room for doubt that the transitional risk register, if it were published, would fuel another surge of opposition to the health and social care billThe campaign to force the health...
View ArticleIn praise of … the names of rivers
Do not forget the Ebble, the Piddle, the Polly, the Nadder or the Wandle. Or the Feshie, the Mashie and the WisseyEngland's drought draws attention to the condition of England's rivers. And England's...
View ArticleBayern Munich 7-0 Basel (agg 7-1) | Champions League match report
Mario Gómez scored four times as Bayern Munich swiftly eliminated the threat of a Champions League exit before humiliating Basel.The German club, whose Allianz Arena will stage the final in May, warmed...
View ArticleHugh Muir's diary
Lord Sugar reflects on his life in the mother of parliaments. 'I done him up like a kipper,' he says• Hard to say what, but something has changed in the House of Lords. Less deference, more party...
View ArticleCameron: 'Britain and US will leave Afghans without a perfect democracy'
Prime minister admits Afghanistan will be left with 'huge developmental problems' when troops withdraw by 2014Britain and the US will leave Afghanistan without a "perfect democracy" in place and with...
View ArticleGrand finales have a history of dragons with fabled wings | Frank Keating
Down the years these operatic last-act numbers have quite a few times come down to this same fixture: Wales v FranceThree days to go and do all Wales's red-hot presumptions already look too expectantly...
View ArticleTheo Walcott wants third-place finish to take heat off in Europe
• Win over Tottenham a turning-point, forward says• Gap behind rivals reduced to one pointTheo Walcott is determined to pip Tottenham Hotspur for third place in the Premier League, not only to maintain...
View ArticleGeorge Osborne budget plan could mean never having to pay his debts
New government bonds would lock in current low borrowing rates for extended length of 100 years or into perpetuityGeorge Osborne is to exploit Britain's historically low borrowing rates by making plans...
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