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Peter Cruddas: from East End lad to 'Monaco boy'
The ex-Tory party co-treasurer and hedge fund manager is a self-made man, hailing from HackneyWith an estimated £750m fortune, according to the Sunday Times rich list, Peter Cruddas is one of the...
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Academy schools federation hopes to run college for profit
Payouts to shareholders would be first for FE sector with model possibly extended to schools, says Barnfield bossA federation that runs a chain of academy schools plans to become the first in the...
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School leaving age should be raised to 18, says David Blanchflower
Former Bank of England adviser calls for measure to help combat rising youth unemploymentThe school leaving age should be raised to 18 to combat rising youth unemployment, a former economic adviser to...
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Scotland basks in its highest March temperature on weekend of sun in UK
Weather in Aberdeenshire breaks 1957 record, while continuing spring heatwave could set new high in Northern IrelandBritain is set for more spring sunshine after a record-breaking weekend which saw...
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US recovery: are the Fed's hawks and doves fighting over a turkey?
Fed chairman Ben Bernanke is encouraged by economic improvements, but unconvinced over strength of US recoveryIt all started when stock markets around the world tumbled in October 1987. After seeing...
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Pope hopes to revive Catholicism in Cuba during first papal visit in 14 years
Benedict could meet Fidel Castro after Vatican reiterates opposition to US economic embargo of communist islandPope Benedict arrives in Cuba on Monday for the first papal visit in 14 years, his...
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Oxford law graduate cleared of role in London riot
Jury took just 30 minutes to find Fahim Alam not guilty of involvement in Hackney disturbancesAn Oxford law graduate accused of throwing bricks at police during last summer's riots walked free from...
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In the digital future, the Guardian must turn its readers into a resource |...
The evidence from this Open Weekend suggests that Guardian enthusiasts are eager to support the journalism they loveYour paper needs you, but do you need your paper? I've just spent the weekend...
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Woman charged with breaking into Simon Cowell's home
Leanne Zaloumis, 29, faces charge of aggravated burglary after an incident at the music mogul's house in west LondonA 29-year-old woman has been charged with breaking into Simon Cowell's home, police...
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Bomb Iran and it will surely decide to pursue nuclear arms | Mehdi Hasan
If Israel's 1981 bombing of Iraqi nuclear facilities teaches us anything, it's that the quickest way to help the Iranians make up their minds is to attack themOn 7 June 1981 a phalanx of Israeli F-16...
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Guardian Open Weekend: a festival of readers and reasonableness
Imagine if you can Richard Littlejohn's worst nightmare – with cheese, crosswords and Clay Shirky thrown in"Curiosity and conviviality, the two Cs, were our watchwords," explained Madeleine Bunting,...
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Miriam O'Reilly: There was seething resentment when I went back to BBC
Former Countryfile presenter quit the corporation after furious reaction from some executives and lack of new workWhen Miriam O'Reilly won her landmark age discrimination case against the BBC she said...
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Stabbing alongside River Thames
Canadian man left in critical condition after apparently unprovoked attack near Southwark cathedral on Friday morningAn IT expert is in a critical condition in hospital after he was stabbed in an...
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Letters: I'm Jewish and I will be voting for Ken
I find it hard to contain my disgust at Jonathan Freedland's specious attack on Ken Livingstone's mayoral campaign (Comment, 24 March) and I am heartily fed up with Jews like Freedland deciding they...
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A green light to oppressive policing | Nadine El-Enany
By sanctioning coercive police tactics, the courts are robbing us all of the right to voice dissentThe trial of Alfie Meadows, the student who needed emergency surgery after allegedly being hit on the...
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Pride comes before a fall
Penruddock, Lake District: It was soon after taking in the summit views of Ullswater that my smooth soles slid and I fell, despite the aid of my trekking poles. Ouch, it hurt!When I walked up Little...
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Letters: Budget woes – of fuel, taxes and oggies
I am surprised to have seen little criticism, in even the left-leaning media, of the principle of raising the personal tax threshold and thereby exempting many thousands of additional people from...
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Letters: Praise for World Bank nominee Jim Kim
Your description of Jim Yong Kim, President Obama's nominee to head the World Bank, as a "relatively obscure academic" (Global carve up, 24 March) displays an insulting ignorance of global health and...
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Letters: Eyebrows raised over banking sale
I trust the Financial Services Authority appreciates the irony of imposing City bankers on the board of one of the country's most successful banks (FSA intervention delaying sale of Lloyds branches to...
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Savage killing of Iraqi mother of five in California investigated as hate crime
Killer beat Shaima Alawadi to death in family home and left note that said: 'Go back to your own country. You're a terrorist.'California police say an Iraqi-born mother of five who was beaten to death...
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