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Hospitalised Prince Philip misses out on royal Boxing Day tradition
Duke of Edinburgh misses hunting shoot and visited by members of royal family as he continues recovery from operationThe Duke of Edinburgh stayed in hospital for a fourth night on Sunday as he...
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Top lieutenant of Mexico's most powerful drug cartel captured
Police say arrest of Felipe Cabrera Sarabia, aka 'The Engineer', is huge blow to Sinaloa cartel – though leader remains elusiveMexican authorities said Monday they had dealt a blow to the country's...
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Spain faces more pain before economy recovers, warns minister
Luis de Guindos, economy minister expects the economy to shrink in the final three months of 2011 and again in the first quarter of the new yearSpain's new economy minister warned on Monday that the...
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London mayor candidates: the main policy pledges
Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone – and not forgetting Brian Paddick – will be fighting it out over a number of key issuesTransportBoris Johnson's 2008 transport manifesto was either a reactionary...
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Lawyers crack case of 'unlawful' eggs
Westminster mistake making it illegal to possess eggs collected between 1954 and 1981 left museums at risk of prosecutionWeaknesses in parliament's law-making procedures have been exposed by a curious...
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Mumbai develops a taste for fight clubs
With money, opportunity and violence galore, full contact fighting is finding many fans in India's commercial capitalDhiraj Wahelendar was waiting to fight. Within an hour he would step into a...
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US economy ends year on a high note
Indicators show rising consumer confidence, improvements in the labour market, manufacturing and house buildingMarkets are awaiting fresh signs that the world's largest economy is gaining momentum,...
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French war museum in vanguard of push for more foreign tourists
Newly opened museum already exceeding expected visitor numbers as France sees opportunities in boom in war tourismFrom US soldiers introducing chewing gum to France in 1917 to a toothbrush from a...
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Romans revolt over billboard jungle
Advertising firms planting thousands of billboards across Rome, just as city loses some of its most majestic treesFor centuries Rome has been treasured as one of the world's most beautiful cities, a...
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Boris Johnson looks to hold off Ken Livingstone in London mayor election
Labour's candidate faces a challenging few months as he seeks to chip away at Johnson's opinion-poll lead before May's voteA clock on Ken Livingstone's campaign website counts down remorsely the days,...
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Sony sells its half stake in TV joint venture to Samsung
• Samsung pays $940m for control of LCD venture• Analysts predict fade out in $100bn flat screen market Sony has sold its nearly 50% stake in joint venture with Samsung Electronics to the South Korean...
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Why the City of London is European | Jo Johnson
David Cameron must persuade the French and other EU members that London's financial centre is their asset tooNext month's Franco-British collôque will provide much-needed group therapy for a...
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2012 Olympics torch relay route upsets England's most deprived ward
Jaywick Sands, in Essex, should have the chance to 'gain from the hopes and dreams' of the 2012 Games, councillors sayOrganisers of the London Olympics have been accused of scoring an own goal after...
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Somali hip-hop band fighting al-Shabaab for hearts and minds
Waayaha Cusub remain defiant despite bearing the scars of the Islamist group, whose reach has extended to NairobiShine Ali doesn't scare easily. If he did, he would not be with his band in a basement...
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UK manufacturers join forces to boost foreign direct investment
Business Birmingham, the body charged with boosting foreign investment to the city, is aiming to create 12,000 jobs by 2014 It was the workshop of the world, exporting goods far and wide. But Britain's...
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Salford shooting: 'no obvious motive' behind killing Anuj Bidve, say police
Murder inquiry launched after Lancaster University student from India shot in the head in early hours of Boxing DayPolice in Greater Manchester say there was no "obvious motive" behind the fatal...
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Councils 'resist' turning empty offices into homes
Councils are not cooperating with measures intended to make it easier to convert offices into homes, say surveyorsThe government is facing calls to make it easier to turn unused offices into homes....
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Assad crackdown intensifies as Arab League monitors arrive in Syria
Activists say government forces have killed several hundred civilians since agreeing to the Arab plan to stop bloodshedThe Arab League sent monitors to Syria on Monday even though President Bashar...
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Fox-hunting ban: call for repeal gets lukewarm response
Boxing day meets attract record numbers, but Countryside Alliance plays down urgency of vote to repeal banA pro-hunting group played down ministerial calls for a free vote on repealing the foxhunting...
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Briton jailed for drug offences in Philippines pardoned from life sentence
Campaigners welcome decision to release William Burton, caught smuggling cannabis in 1992, on health groundsCampaigners have welcomed the news that a Briton jailed for drug offences in the Philippines...
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