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Navy crew trial first new-look uniform in 20 years
Dark blue combat outfit has rank badges at the front rather than on the shoulder, Velcro-fastening collars and zip-up bootsBaseball caps and zip-up boots with fake laces will be standard-issue kit in...
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Portugal will be the next Greece, predicts Mohamed El-Erian
There's a lot of money on the sidelines waiting for end to eurozone crisis, says boss of $1.3 trillion bond fund PimcoPortugal will follow Greece to be the next eurozone country to falter, according...
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Far-left firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon calls for a 'civic insurrection' in France
Leader of Leftist Front makes gains in French presidential race but François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy still likely to top pollsJean-Luc Mélenchon, the charismatic far-left firebrand whose...
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Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone climb on bus for London mayoral race
Conservative incumbent and Labour challenger hit the tarmac as contest to take control of capital hots upA white double-decker bus says "Better off with Boris", while a red one says "Better off with...
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Guinea-Bissau votes to elect president but people still wary of military
Not a single democratically elected leader has ever finished a term in office in the west African country infamous for coupsElections in one of Africa's most fragile democracies were held on Sunday...
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British TV drama such as Downton Abbey and Titanic will sink without tax breaks
As the cost of major series swell to £1m an episode, producers are being forced to film in other countriesIt was a lack of cash that finally sank the dreams of the makers of the TV drama Titanic to...
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London Olympics organisers and bookmakers to hold betting summit
Meeting thought to be first of its kind is expected to discuss how to deal with threat of illegal gambling during 2012 GamesOrganisers of the London Olympics will meet leading UK bookmakers on Tuesday...
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Libya, France and ICC compete for custody of Gaddafi intelligence chief
Gaddafi's brother-in-law and spymaster Abdullah al-Senussi seized after flying into Mauritania on false passportA three-way battle for custody of the Gaddafi regime's spymaster was threatening to break...
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UK steps in to help West Africa in fight to overturn EU fishing abuses
Britain helps block move by Spain that would have allowed European trawlers to continue overfishing in African watersSmall-scale fishermen in West Africa have appealed to the UK fisheries minister...
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Open door: The readers' editor on... thinktanks as a source of opinion and...
The views of thinktanks are a staple part of the broadsheet diet – particularly in politicsIf you want to get ahead, get a thinktank. These vessels of thought have in the past few years seemed to...
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China's challenges: political change, pollution and protest
Leading commentators outline the problems – and opportunities – ahead for BeijingPoliticsPeople are getting more and more conscious of their political and social rights. Fifteen years ago, the air...
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Netball coach steers team bus to safety after driver falls ill
Team Northumbria players and staff unhurt after Lisa Stanley's quick thinking averts accident on M1A netball coach averted a potentially fatal motorway collision by seizing control of a team bus when...
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Stylist's Lisa Smosarski: 'We want to speak to women intelligently'
The editor of the ShortList Media 'freemium' on why weighty features, not pap shots and diets, work for her readersAs with many journalists of a certain age, the television show Press Gang was a...
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The budget: should George Osborne learn from Barack Obama?
Keynesian economics is alive and well across the Atlantic, but has run up against Treasury orthodoxy in the UKIt's probably just as well for George Osborne that budget speeches rarely linger long in...
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Afghanistan shootings suspect set to face charges in US, says expert
Charges against Robert Bales are still being decided and US officials are discussing compensation for victims' relativesCharges against an American soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians are...
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Chancellor to use Royal Mail pension pot to disguise privatisation costs
George Osborne to take on indebted scheme in budget in order to show a short-term boost to government's financesThe chancellor, George Osborne, will attempt to disguise the spiralling long-term costs...
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Regional public pay proposals: decent theory, indecent context | Editorial
Ministers will only be listened to if they can show competent management, regard for fairness and broader local policiesUnlike many controversial coalition policies, the expected move towards regional...
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Rebekah Brooks needn't worry about her right to a fair trial | Michael Mansfield
Publicity from the phone-hacking inquiry doesn't necessarily prejudice the cases of those arrested in the scandalIn the last year there has been an epic drama unfolding. It transcends even the best...
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Public sector pay: is it time to go local?
Matthew Sinclair argues against national pay deals while Stefan Stern says regional approach is fraught with problemsMatthew Sinclair, director of the Taxpayers' AllianceEnding centralised pay...
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Man arrested over allegedly racist Twitter remarks about Fabrice Muamba
South Wales police hold 21-year-old in Swansea on suspicion of making racially offensive comments on social networkA man has been arrested after allegedly making racist remarks on Twitter relating to...
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