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Refereeing incidents show up shortcomings in FA and Fifa rule books
The different treatment of fouls by Mario Balotelli and Branislav Ivanovic has baffled and angered many in English footballRule 77 of Fifa's Disciplinary Code contains the two clauses that have got the...
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Wasps fear new signings will lose faith as search for an owner goes on
Wasps have signed Tom Palmer, Stephen Jones and James Haskell but the viability of those deals remains in the balanceWasps were last night attempting to convince new recruit Stephen Jones and two...
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Bahrain Grand Prix will go ahead, according to Bernie Ecclestone
• Commercial rights holder will speak to teams at China race• FIA says reports of violence are 'distorted and inaccurate'The Bahrain Grand Prix will go ahead on 22 April despite widespread fears over...
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Cuts are a coalition catechism. When will the left challenge it? | Zoe Williams
Labour must develop a coherent anti-austerity storyline. Modern politics is about creating a narrative and making it stick'Only a crisis – actual or perceived – produces real change," wrote Milton...
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Nokia shares slump 14% following profit warning
Finnish firm predicts €126m first half loss, blaming software problems and stiff smartphone competition in India and ChinaShares in Nokia plunged by 14% on Wednesday after it warned it expects to lose...
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Country diary: Middleton-in-Teesdale: Winter's last petulant gesture
Middleton-in-Teesdale: The reckoning arrived, snapping branches under the weight of wet, wind-driven snowAlong the slippery river bank footpath, the trees, still flinching under a north-easterly wind,...
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Letters: Green deal kickstart
As one of the 22 participating organisations mentioned in your article (M&S and Tesco missing from green deal list, 4 April), we would like to reinforce our support for the green deal, along with...
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Letters: Prince of darkness
Continued efforts to treat Edward VIII as just another royal have become tiresome. A recently discovered photo of him surfing in Hawaii in 1920 is a case in point (Prince of Waves, 5 April), as it...
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Letters: From Harley St to Fred the plumber – transparency and tax returns
As a veteran tax planner and business expansion adviser, I wholly agree with Polly Toynbee's call for the publication of tax returns (Let every citizen's finances be open to public scrutiny, 10 April)....
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Europe has left Syria to a distinctly Ottoman fate | Timothy Garton Ash
On Syria there's a moral case for intervention – but with the west reluctant, Turkey and other powers will be the ones to decideThe day I arrived in Istanbul, they buried the last Ottoman. Her Imperial...
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Letter: Police abuses and democratic accountability
Since the Scarman inquiry there has been a significant decrease in reprehensible conduct by police in police stations and cells (Editorial, 7 April). Not just the racism that Scarman addressed...
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Letters: Information that we want to be free
As the editor of an online journal, Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, now entering its fourth year with 1,100 registered readers, I was delighted to read such strong endorsement of open access...
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Branislav Ivanovic risks appeal backfiring on violent conduct charge
• Chelsea defender denies contact with Wigan player was violent• Chelsea will submit video and written evidenceBranislav Ivanovic has risked the Football Association extending a potential three-match...
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Gesture politics is thriving, yet we always return to the big parties |...
British political history is littered with wreckage of fringe parties, from Mosley and the communists to Natural Law and the SDPThere are very few new ideas in politics, only old ones presented in new...
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Disneyland Paris celebrates 20th birthday €1.9bn in debt
Theme park made losses of €55.6m last year despite charging each of its 15.7 million annual adult visitors €60 minimum a visitTwice as many people pass through its gates in search of Mickey Mouse as...
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Manchester City fined more for being late than Porto fans for racism
• Uefa impose €30,000 sanction on City for being minute late• Porto fined €20,000 for fans' abuse of Balotelli and Yaya TouréUefa caused outrage after fining Manchester City £24,735 for being one...
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Wigan Athletic 1-0 Manchester United | Premier League report
So much for a procession towards title number 20. Before kickoff the talk at the ground was of how, with an unlikely sequence of results, Manchester United could seal their latest league crown on...
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Northern Rock to pay former finance director £270,000
Jim McConville to receive payout through long-term incentive plan following sale of nationalised bank to Virgin MoneyNorthern Rock is to hand around £270,000 to a former director following the...
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In English courts justice must be seen to be done, and not just by the rich |...
Foreign litigants seem to have better access to courts than British taxpayers – who, after all, do fund the legal systemAre the English courts becoming the preserve of the world's super-rich? London is...
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QPR 3-0 Swansea City | Premier League match report
Since he was entrusted with the mission of rescuing Queens Park Rangers in January, Mark Hughes has demanded performances from his team as high as the stakes they face. Frequently he has been let down,...
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