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Would an elected mayor shake up Bristol?
The city is one of 10 English cities to decide in May if they want a directly elected mayor rather than traditional council servicesPlenty of bigger towns and cities in Britain would love to have...
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Fi Glover: 'I did think about my career: gosh, what have I done?'
The Radio 4 presenter left Saturday Live for more family time, but now explains why she's returning with The Listening ProjectWhen Fi Glover was an eager young radio trainee, one of her producers...
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Ultra runner's body found in New Mexico wilderness
Micah True, whose extreme-distance running was detailed in book Born to Run, set out on jog on Tuesday but never returnedSearchers have found the body of renowned long-distance runner Micah True, who...
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Burma rejoices on a long-delayed day for democracy
Aung San Suu Kyi has won a landmark election, now she faces the challenge of persuading the army to withdraw from politicsIf Burma ever needed a moment to rejoice, this was it. In a nation ruled by an...
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Media Monkey: Rev modesty, Murdoch tweets and pasty panic
✒ Friday's Broadcasting Press Guild awards swiftly turned into a I'm-more-fraudulent-than-you contest for the winners. Gareth Malone, collecting the best factual entertainment gong for The Choir:...
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South Korea's economic reforms – a recipe for unhappiness | Ha-Joon Chang
South Korea's sadness should serve as a warning to European countries that are embarking on major cuts to welfareMy native South Korea is something of a star performer. With per capita income of around...
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Argentina threatens UK and US banks with legal action over Falklands oil
Dispute over potential £115bn oil boom in region escalates, with criminal charges possibleRising tensions over the Falkland Islands have prompted the Argentinian government to threaten a number of...
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Foxconn 'work placement' proves grim experience for one Chinese student
'You are standing throughout the day. It was tiring,' says one student who ended up working for Apple supplier FoxconnLast January a 23-year-old student of industrial-machine design was attracted to...
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Falklands war 30 years on and how it turned Thatcher into a world celebrity
British PM's lucky gamble not only repelled the Argentinian invasion but also paved way for her ideological reformsThirty years ago on 2 April 1982, 130 Argentinian commandos landed under cover of...
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Syrian rebels in Turkey keep spirits and hopes up as they wait for tide to turn
Opponents of regime of Bashar al-Assad treat their wounded and launch supply expeditions from neighbouring countryRouted by a brutal conflict and driven from their country, Syrians in Turkey might be...
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Corrections and clarifications
RMS Titanic and Belfast | Racist tweets and the Public Order Act 1986• Writing of today's Titanic centenary, an article said: "One hundred years ago ... the largest moving man-made object on Earth...
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Country diary: Claxton, Norfolk: Toads' lovemaking is largely an uneventful...
Claxton, Norfolk: With the appearance of a female toad, the scene is rendered magically alive and suggestiveFor several lunch breaks I've come to sit on the banks to this dyke and, like the toads in...
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Labour can't simply jeer at the Conservatives' weaknesses | Gaby Hinsliff
Bradford West showed too many people think too little changed under Labour. David Cameron isn't the only one out of touchSpare a thought for George Osborne next weekend, though of course it may not be...
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Letters: In principle, the Falkland Islands belong to Argentina
Any "acceptable settlement" (The Falklands: 30 years on, 31 March) will recognise that the islands belong to Argentina, by virtue of the principle of uti possidetis juris.Following the British...
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Letters: Good times and bad in a rapidly changing Africa
David Smith's well-researched articles on sub-Saharan Africa (Africa digs in as the good times roll ... at last, 29 March) highlight the clear evidence that parts of the continent are at last on the...
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Letters: Jews have a right to settle in the West Bank
Contrary to the assertions of David Aukin and his actor friends (Letters, 30 March), the right of Jews to settle in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) is enshrined in and protected by international law,...
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Japanese experts warn of earthquakes that could produce 34-metre tsunamis
Report following disaster last March finds waves pose bigger threat than previously thought and could inundate Pacific coastMuch of Japan's Pacific coast would be inundated by a tsunami more than 34...
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Grammar schools belong to an elitism that has to stop | Fiona Millar
Grammar schools are on the rise again. The left mustn't be complacent about them any longerThe go-ahead has just been given for what will effectively be a new grammar school in the Kent town of...
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Earth exploration: the thrill of the drill | Editorial
The Mohorovicic discontinuity is a strange region, and could hardly be more important to usThe paradox of planet Earth is that almost all of it is unknown. The European Space Agency has just underlined...
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Specieswatch: Great crested newt
The great crested newt is waking up after its long winter hibernation. It is by far the largest of the three native British newts and the most endangered. At this time of year the males look like...
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