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Stephen Hawking to give 70th birthday lecture 'A brief history of mine'
Hawking's rare public lecture on Sunday will be the star turn of a symposium in Cambridge celebrating his workThey came to honour one of their own and celebrate the life of the world's most famous...
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Liberal Democrats' biggest donor arrested in the Caribbean
Michael Brown detained by police in the Dominican Republic after disappearing while on bail for a £40m fraudThe Liberal Democrats' biggest donor, who has been on the run for three years after being...
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Belarus passes law to enforce tighter internet controls
Legal amendments will formalise Alexander Lukashenko's restrictions that monitor users' visits to blacklisted websitesThe government in Belarus has approved a law tightening official control over the...
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Fog – review
Finborough, LondonThis 80-minute play is the product of an unusual partnership between an emerging young actor, Toby Wharton, and a veteran of feminist theatre, Tash Fairbanks. The result is a raw,...
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David Bowie: myth-maker turns 65 away from limelight
It seems only right that the enigmatic singer remains in semi- retirement as he reaches pensionable age, says Alexis PetridisIt's a cliche when a rock star reaches 65 to mention the time when it didn't...
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New Zealand sees no Justice in quirky baby names
Name among those most commonly refused by registrars in the past 10 years along with Lucifer, King, Princess and PrinceYou can perhaps understand why officials in New Zealand might think that naming a...
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NYO/Daniel – review
Philharmonic Hall, LiverpoolA piece for orchestral players but with no instruments sounds like a perplexing contradiction in terms. Such, however, is Anna Meredith's HandsFree, one of the New Music...
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RBS likely to axe 5,000 jobs in investment bank review
Bailed-out bank races to complete review of operations to end uncertainty in the divisionSenior managers at Royal Bank of Scotland are racing to complete a strategic review of its investment bank as...
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NHS hospitals face radical shakeup
David Cameron announces far-reaching measures in response to heavy criticism of care standards from watchdogNurses will perform hourly rounds, every ward will have a matron and the public will be able...
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Hungary's 'Viktator' faces tide of protest at home and abroad
Viktor Orbán's increasingly authoritarian regime has brought thousands on to the streets in protest, with new political movements and even hunger strikes in progressSurrounded by half-drunk flasks of...
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China syndrome dictates Barack Obama's Asia-Pacific strategy | Simon Tisdall
Obama has no wish to conjure the spectre of a new cold war but is determined to beat back any Chinese bid for hegemonyBarack Obama made a special trip to the Pentagon this week to unveil America's...
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JD Sports knocks out a Dragon to win control of Blacks Leisure
Thousands of jobs at Blacks and Millets expected to be saved after fashion group JD beats Peter Jones to a dealThe fashion group JD Sports will be named as the new owner of Blacks Leisure on Monday...
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'Thatcher out' style of political satire is in again
The anger of the Occupy and UK Uncut movements is now being reflected in theatres and comedy venuesThe way comedian and actor Phill Jupitus remembers it, almost as soon as Margaret Thatcher came to...
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The duchess and the drug addicts: charity salutes new royal patron
Action on Addiction welcomes 'incredibly brave' decision by Duchess of Cambridge to cast light on shadowy worldThere is a skittish atmosphere inside Hope House in Clapham, south London, which is...
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Worcestershire police investigate elderly woman's murder
Knife recovered by detectives after woman's body found at isolated river cottage Detectives are investigating whether an elderly woman who was stabbed to death at an isolated riverside cottage was...
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French breast implant patients fight public indifference
French women who have had defective cosmetic surgery were once ignored, but the 'pipettes' are making their voices heardThey call themselves the "pipettes", a group of 30 French women, who like...
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Bletchley Park's information hub wins Grade II listing
Derelict block seen as birthplace of modern computer processing gains heritage protectionTo look at, it is a distinctly undistinguished and desolate-looking piece of utilitarian 1940s architecture....
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Medical devices and Chinese toys share same level of safety checks
Manufacturers of breast implants and hip joints must get CE mark rather than licence based on evidence from clinical trialsMany people would suppose that medical devices are subject to the same...
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Eurozone strains increase with grim new economic data
Italian bond rates and Spanish jobless numbers rise, while Belgium and four other countries face fines for size of deficitsStrains within the European Union intensified following another round of...
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Germany once admired British workmanship – but that was a long time ago
Over the North Sea lies the richest country in Europe, its success built on the manufacturing industry that Britain has spurnedWe all want to be Germans now: to make, to sell and not to yield. We would...
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