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Stephen Lawrence case: expert claims he warned of risk to evidence
Forensic scientist says he told police his concerns that evidence could have been contaminated as packaging deterioratedA forensic scientist warned twice that exhibits in the Stephen Lawrence case...
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Hugh Muir's diary
However it's dressed up, Dame Vivienne Westwood's interns need paying• They take a hard line at the Occupy protest outside St Paul's Cathedral. Legal threats mean nothing to them. Damaging and planted...
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Critics of NHS regulator force Mid Staffordshire hospital inquiry to reopen
Whistleblowers reject Care Quality Commission's evidence as chief executive accused of conflict of interestThe public inquiry into the Mid Staffordshire hospital scandal has been reopened after two...
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Pilot died after glider's wings fell off in midair
Verdict of accidental death returned in case of Amy Barsby, who died when her glider nose-dived from up to 1,000ftThe family of a glider pilot who died when the wings fell away from the fuselage of the...
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Redundant Harrier jump-jets sold to US marines for spares
Defence minister Peter Luff describes £110m sale as 'a good deal for both countries'The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that 72 Harrier jump-jets scrapped last year are being sold for spares to the...
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Egypt: Hobson's choice | Editorial
Just as Hosni Mubarak did in his final days in power, Egypt's ruling generals have been staging a rearguard action with a series of steps that are too little, too lateJust as Hosni Mubarak did in his...
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Violence against women: club culture | Editorial
While no one formula can deal with every aspect of domestic violence, it cannot make women safer if it is harder for them to bring an attacker to justiceNetsai Mushonga is one of a courageous band of...
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In praise of … REM | Editorial
No, not the late-lamented band, We refer to the state in which the twitch of the closed eye betrays the unshackling of the imaginationNo, not the late-lamented band, whom we praised a few weeks ago. We...
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Nick Clegg announces £1bn fund to tackle youth unemployment
Money will go on job subsidies, with £2,275 offered to any business willing to hire an unemployed 18- to 24-year-oldNick Clegg will announce £1bn of new funding on Friday to help prevent another lost...
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Women with low-risk pregnancies 'should have birth choices'
Research into 64,500 births in England finds similar outcomes for home, hospitals and midwife-led birth centresGiving birth at home or in a midwife-led birth centre is just as safe as going into...
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Interpol criticised over attempt to arrest Asian separatist leader
Oxford-based Benny Wenda fears return to Indonesia, where he is wanted for promoting West Papua independenceAn Interpol red notice has been issued for the arrest of the Oxford-based leader of an Asian...
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'Industry bond' proposed by thinktank
Treasury could buy up business loans and turn them into bonds in order to boost small-firms sector, suggests NestaThe government should create an investment vehicle to buy up business loans from banks,...
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Three quarters of patients with cancer diagnosed by GP after one or two visits
But other patients see their doctor five times or more before cancer is identified, says Royal College of GPs studyNearly three-quarters of patients with cancer who go to their GP are diagnosed after...
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Border Agency's middle managers take revenge over passport checks
Border officials refuse to cover for checks during public sector pension strike, wrecking government's contingency planAn internal UK Border Agency revolt combined with an 11th-hour breakdown in...
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Dorothy Annan murals listed as former telephone exchange faces demolition
Murals that celebrate 1960s technology will have to be preserved elsewhere if owner Goldman Sachs redevelops siteA sequence of tile murals celebrating the white heat of British technology – the...
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Silvio Berlusconi fails in bid to stop David Mills giving evidence in trial
Judge says prosecution's submission that ex-Italian PM was trying to 'delay or derail' proceedings has 'considerable force'Silvio Berlusconi has failed in a legal bid to stop the estranged husband of...
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NHS shakeup in danger of harming patients, risk assessments show
Reports highlight fears of compromised clinical care and threat to children as BMA calls for privatisation plans to be withdrawnThe government's shakeup of the NHS has led to a decline in public...
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Homs: the story behind Mani's extraordinary images from the frontline
French photographer has taken extraordinary steps to avoid being caught by Assad's security forcesPhotographs from inside besieged Syrian city - audio slideshowThe Syrian government's violent and...
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Matilda - review
Cambridge Theatre, LondonThose who think that the West End is always dumbing down and that an intelligent musical is an oxymoron will have to stay behind for detention with the diabolical Miss...
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Anders Behring Breivik's calls to police are made public
Norwegian television station reveals recordings of killer's offer to surrender when he phoned police from UtøyaA recording of a call made by Anders Behring Breivik to Norwegian police in which he...
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