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West Brom's Roy Hodgson apologises for throwing away armband in defeat

• Manager reacted after Newcastle's third goal at The Hawthorns• Armband worn in memory of Albion legend Ray BarlowWest Bromwich Albion's head coach, Roy Hodgson, has apologised after he threw away an...

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Kenya strikes oil for first time

President Mwai Kibaki says that more wells will be drilled to ascertain the commercial viability of the discoveryKenya announced its first oil discovery on Monday, saying it was found in the northern...

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No 10 publishes Chequers donor guest list in third U-turn of the day

List of donors invited to PM's country residence is revealed as Downing Street tries to draw a line under cash-for-access rowDowning Street embarked on its third U-turn in 24 hours when it published...

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Government urged to hold talks as fuel tanker drivers vote for strike action

Union says ministers must get involved in talks after drivers at five fuel distribution firms back strike actionThe government has been urged to act as peace-broker to prevent a national strike by fuel...

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King George Tupou V of Tonga obituary

Pragmatic ruler of the South Pacific stateKing George Tupou V of Tonga, who has died aged 63 after suffering from cancer, was, like his father, Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, crown prince for more than 40 years...

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Lord Newton of Braintree obituary

Conservative cabinet minister who was never 'one of us' in the Thatcher yearsThe former Conservative cabinet minister Tony Newton, who has died aged 74 after a long illness, was a walking contradiction...

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How to teach… drought

This week the Guardian Teacher Network has resources to help explain and expand on the issue of the drought, which may be the worst to hit the UK in 30 yearsAfter the driest 18 months since records...

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Peter Hain faces contempt case over book's criticism of judge

Northern Ireland attorney general says passage in former minister's memoir 'undermines the administration of justice'The former cabinet minister Peter Hain faces contempt of court proceedings over...

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Ian Bell admits England batsmen again let down bowlers in Sri Lanka

• 'A score of under 200 was not great' says top-scorer with 52• 'There are no demons in this pitch' - Mahela JayawardeneIan Bell acknowledged that England's batsmen continue to undermine the stalwart...

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OECD calls on eurozone finance ministers to take decisive action

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's secretary general, Angel Gurría, says current level of funding is insufficient to restore market confidenceThe struggling eurozone needs the...

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Report reveals stark dangers in opening up NHS services

Patients denied treatment, forced to pay for care and faced worsening health after changes to physiotherapy provisionA controversial example of private companies being allowed to provide NHS services...

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Planning reform revisions ease conservationists' fears for countryside

Slimmed-down national planning policy framework met with far more support than last year's draft versionThe biggest shakeup of the planning system for more than half a century was unveiled on Tuesday...

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Social mobility being hampered by lack of maths teachers, says Tory MP

Liz Truss says comprehensive pupils are only half as likely as privately educated children to study mathsPupils educated at comprehensive schools are half as likely to study mathematics as their...

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Albert Einstein brain samples go on display

Wellcome Collection exhibition also features brains of suffragette, 19th-century killer and ancient EgyptianSections of Albert Einstein's brain are going on display in Britain for the first time this...

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Lewis Hamilton stresses McLaren positives and knuckles down for China

• Lewis Hamilton says qualifying performances show strengths• 'The team have done a fantastic job to get us where we are'Lewis Hamilton has said he will look at the positives rather than the negatives...

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Howard Anderson obituary

Broadcaster who brought Westminster politics to life as parliament entered the television ageIn an age when many Westminster MPs were fiercely opposed to having their debates broadcast, Howard...

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Greece's cut-price potato movement shows Greeks chipping in

Greeks are pulling together and forging innovative new social and economic models to help those hit hardest by the debt crisisSpyros Gkelis, a smart and hard-working biology lecturer from Thessaloniki,...

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Two more rigs evacuated after North Sea gas leak

Workers removed from two Shell installations after evacuation of workers from Elgin platform where leak was discoveredOil giant Total has confirmed that a major gas leak on one of its North Sea...

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Rio Tinto ponders sale of its diamond interests

Rio Tinto is thought to be looking at possibilities short of a full sale or floating the business on the Hong Kong stockmarketMining giant Rio Tinto is considering a sale of its diamond interests for...

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Drake – review

O2 Arena, LondonHarry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse once created a character whose response to news of unimaginable good fortune, particularly on the part of celebrities, was to narrow his eyes and cry:...

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