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Patrick Vieira says Manchester United get helping hand from referees
• 'When United play at home they get some advantage'• City angered by interview with BBC and ban reporterPatrick Vieira has claimed that Manchester United have been helped to the top of the Premier...
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Duchess of Malfi - review
Old Vic, LondonWith the exception of a version in Northampton featuring madrigals, Webster's grisly Jacobean masterpiece has been poorly served in recent years. But Jamie Lloyd has come up with that...
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Garden starlings in 79% UK decline
Numbers of starlings spotted in public's gardens has fallen by almost four-fifths since 1979, the RSPB revealsThe number of starlings seen in people's gardens has fallen by almost four-fifths since...
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Two hours' homework a night linked to better school results
Any time spent on homework shows benefits, according to study published by Department for EducationSpending more than two hours a night doing homework is linked to achieving better results in English,...
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Jeremy Bamber in new challenge to conviction for murdering family
Documentary claims charges against ex-girlfriend Julie Mugford were dropped to induce her to give evidence for prosecutionJeremy Bamber, who was jailed for 26 years for killing five members of his own...
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Captain Scott's doomed polar expedition remembered at St Paul's
Descendants gather at cathedral for centenary memorial service to explorers who died on return journey from South PoleA century after Captain Robert Falcon Scott set down in his journal some of the...
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Charlotte dit non to all the candidates
Viral video has become the surprise hit of the French election campaignOut of the mouths of babes...Charlotte the bathtime refusenik has become the surprise hit of the presidential campaign.The video...
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Six out of 10 London schools hit by Wednesday's strike
Department for Education confirms that 60% of the capital's 2,426 schools were affected by teachers' strikeHundreds of London schools were closed and college lectures disrupted after thousands of...
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Ai Weiwei refused public hearing for tax case
Chinese authorities say Ai's company owes 15m yuan for allegedly evading taxChinese authorities have told dissident artist Ai Weiwei he will not be given a public hearing to reconsider a 15m yuan...
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Co-op signals delays ahead of Lloyds branch deadline
• Co-op bank must reach agreement with Lloyds within weeks• Profits fall 5.8% to £373m• Chief executive: 'toughest economic backdrop for 40 years'• Co-op bank waiting for permanent boss• Analysts think...
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£113k stolen from Warwickshire police station
Appeal to public after cash seized from criminals disappears from 'secure storage area'A police force has admitted more than £100,000 has been stolen from a "secure storage area" at one of its...
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Victoria Azarenka's winning run ended by Marion Bartoli in Miami
• Azarenka had won 26 matches in a row from start of season• Marion Bartoli wins Miami quarter-final 6-3, 6-3Victoria Azarenka's 26-match winning streak finally came to an end on Wednesday when the...
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Jeff Bezos plans to recover Apollo 11 engines from Atlantic seabed
Amazon CEO hopes to recover engines that launched Neil Armstrong's Saturn V rocket on its historic 1969 moon missionFor more than four decades, the powerful engines that helped take the Apollo 11...
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FirstGroup shares slump as bus growth stalls
Firm runs 8,000 buses in 40 towns and cities across UK, with 60% of bus revenues coming from Scotland and north EnglandShares in FirstGroup have slumped 17% after the UK's largest bus operator issued a...
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Rank pulls out of buying Gala's casino business
Rank terminates talks with Gala Coral after failing to agree a price acceptable to its shareholdersBingo and casino operator Rank has pulled out of talks to buy the casino operations of Gala Coral, a...
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GM wheat that wards off aphids trialled in UK
Peppermint gene inserted into the DNA of wheat strain in attempt to produce crop that emits pheromone odour signalsA peppermint gene has been used to engineer a wheat strain that sends out chemical...
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H&M profits rise 5%
Swedish fashion retailer increases net profit in first quarter in spite of shrinking margins and announces further expansionFashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz has announced a 5% rise in...
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Mark Duggan death: IPCC says hands are tied over release of evidence
Police watchdog investigating death of Duggan, whose shooting sparked last year's riots, says law prevents it revealing evidenceThe police watchdog investigating the death of Mark Duggan has called for...
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Warm weather could turn to sleet and snow by Easter, forecasters warn
Cold front moving southwards from Scotland follows unseasonably warm spell in which temperatures reached 20CBritain could be plunged from barbecue and ice cream weather to snow and sleet within days,...
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Sarkozy – the comeback kid?
Latest polls show the French president is ahead in the first round vote, and is closing the gap on François HollandeWhat is the best election comeback ever? John Major in 1992? Netanyahu in 1996?...
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