BPAS hacker jailed for 32 months
Anonymous member James Jeffery intended to publish details of 10,000 women stolen from British Pregnancy Advisory ServiceAn anti-abortion computer hacker who stole the personal details of 10,000 women...
View ArticleSchools to get targets for helping disadvantaged pupils' performance
Nick Clegg to argue for schools to be accountable for spending of pupil premium as part of social mobility strategyNick Clegg is planning to set targets for schools to narrow the performance gap...
View ArticleAdventures of Yvonne the runaway cow to be made into film
Lion King producer to turn tale of the German cow who bolted from farm and evaded capture by hunters into animationYvonne the German cow evaded helicopters, dodged guns and even shunned her calf and...
View ArticlePrisons chief admits failings in service over sexual abuse
Guardian investigation has found 26 former young offenders who were sexually abused by prison officer Neville HusbandThe former director-general of the prison service Martin Narey has admitted that the...
View ArticleThe World Bank: a glimmer of a possibility of change | Peter Chowla
The World Bank is finally to select a president by merit. Will this dinosaur of an institution start catering to the needs of the poor?Imagine if the UK government was chosen by wealth rather than...
View ArticleMarket jitters all round as eurozone woes return
Stock exchanges finish week down after debt crisis springs back to life, Chinese growth hits three-year-low and weaker US dataA rough week wiped out all the gains enjoyed by Britain's blue-chip shares...
View ArticleOlympics 2012: branding 'police' to protect sponsors' exclusive rights
Fears stringent restrictions on use of terms such as London 2012 will limit economic benefits of Games to capital's economyVictoria Pendleton will not be able to tweet about tucking into her Weetabix...
View ArticleTax relief cap: church and Cate Blanchett join chorus of anger
Actor says there should be an atmosphere of excitement around giving in the arts, while churches lament scapping of VAT reliefCate Blanchett has become the latest in a growing list of luminaries to...
View ArticleThe conversation: Is horse racing too dangerous?
Is horse racing, and especially the Grand National, in which two horses died last year, too risky? Former jockey Richard Pitman and activist Dene Stansall talk it outFive horses were killed at last...
View ArticleDavid Cameron's messages for Burma and the world follow historic meetings
Aung San Suu Kyi talks aim to show she is serious player as Cameron makes first visit by sitting British PM since 1948David Cameron became the first sitting British prime minister to visit Burma since...
View ArticleKofi Annan is right – negotiation is key for Syria | Patrick Seale
Syria's transition from killing to talking will be messy, but it's the only way to avoid the horrors of civil warThe former UN secretary general Kofi Annan has reason to be proud of the Syrian...
View ArticleLetters: Taxing time for charities and the arts
The government's lack of joined up thinking in regards to arts charities goes beyond the impact of restricted tax relief (Treasury's philanthropy plans 'blindsided' culture secretary, 10 April). The...
View ArticleJournalism is in crisis, and the best and worst of it is about to be laid...
A new play, Enquirer, is shaping up to be a powerful tribute to the newspaper trade in all of its glory and all of its ignominyWhen Vicky Featherstone, a few years ago now, was made creative director...
View ArticleSimon Hoggart's week: Vote for me, I'm not Mitt Romney
The Republican frontrunner has a very strange way with words, while in Colorado the students are going to pot✒I'm back in Boulder, Colorado, for the Conference on World Affairs which is, as I may have...
View ArticleGood to meet you … Pat Cochrane
A reader of 40 years' standing is embracing the Guardian's iPad version, yet still loves having the actual paper in her handsI started reading the Guardian 40 years ago. Both my parents read the...
View ArticleLetters: The legacy of Orgreave and Hillsborough is still with us
That the South Yorkshire police fitted up both miners in 1984 and the Hillsborough victims is not a surprise (From Orgreave to Hillsborough: one police force, two disgraces, 13 April). During the...
View ArticleLetter: Women's vital role in development goals
I was heartened to read (David Cameron to chair UN committee overseeing development goals, 12 April) that this government wants to make economic development one of the new UN development goals from...
View ArticleLetters: Fuel tanker talks
Your report (Fuel tanker drivers to resume strike talks, 9 April) is not quite right on the timescale for the ticking clock on industrial action. Precedent has been set by employers, like Royal Mail,...
View ArticleStaff deporting foreigners out of UK 'loutish and aggressive'
Firm hired by Home Office to deport refused asylum seekers and foreign prisoners admits its guards lack respect for minorities and womenThe private company hired by the government to deport foreign...
View ArticleLetters: In me shed
I attended the mayoral hustings in London this week with an open mind (Editorial, 11 April). Ken Livingstone was impressive, on top of his subject, while Boris Johnson was surprisingly weak on...
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