Was Len McCluskey right to attack Ed Miliband? | Michael White
It's fine that McCluskey speaks out for his members but he should also educate them about the harsh realities out thereI've never met Len McCluskey, but Unite's leader strikes me from afar as a decent...
View ArticleCourt rulings ease tension in UK-Strasbourg power struggle
Alan Travis analyses the significance of the latest European court of human rights rulings and what they mean for Britain's relations with StrasbourgKen Clarke and Theresa May have been awaiting with a...
View ArticleNorth Korea's leader will not last long, says Kim Jong-un's brother
Kim Jong-nam, eldest son of Kim Jong-il, describes succession as 'a joke' and predicts the regime will collapse in new bookThe eldest son of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong-il has predicted the...
View ArticleSetting Sons? Paul Weller names twins after Beatles and Bowie
The Modfather keeps pace with rock history by namechecking his heroes John Paul and BowieThe list of names pop stars have given their offspring is long and ludicrous. But Paul Weller has proved there's...
View ArticleBusy lizzies set for summer break after mildew outbreak
Experts urge gardeners to turn to other summer varieties this year to allow stocks to recover after damp winterBritain's borders and hanging baskets may look rather different this summer after stocks...
View ArticleIt's time to treat drug-addicted children as adults
Being a drug addict is an adult problem, yet young people desperate for treatment are being denied it because there are no facilities to help themIt can cost as much as £600 a day to keep a young...
View ArticleEd Miliband returns Unite union leader's fire
Labour leader says 'Len McCluskey is entitled to his views but he is wrong' after attack over party stance on cutsEd Miliband has hit back at criticism from the Labour party's chief union backer over...
View ArticleAlyn Davies obituary
Our former colleague Alyn Davies, who has died aged 76, was the Inner London Education Authority's last chief inspector for further and higher education. Alyn's move to Ilea in 1980 saw the authority...
View ArticleCristiano Ronaldo 'works like an animal' for Madrid – José Mourinho
• Real Madrid coach defends his under-fire forward• Comments come ahead of cup clash with BarcelonaCristiano Ronaldo may not be enjoying his best period of form but he is still "working like an animal"...
View ArticleThomas Jefferson's revolutionary take on the Bible reissued
Former US president took a razor to parts of the Gospels he did not agree with to compile his own versionHe was one of the men who laid the foundations for God's own country, but Thomas Jefferson had...
View ArticleCosta Concordia: divers blow holes in cruise liner
Rescuers try to access flooded lower cabins as number of passengers missing on stricken vessel stands at 29Navy explosives experts have blown a series of holes in the hull of the stricken cruise liner...
View ArticleJohn Marlow Rhys obituary
Our friend and colleague John Marlow Rhys, who has died aged 76, was a composer and teacher. Perhaps his best known work is the chamber piece Capriccio, which was first performed by the Nash Ensemble...
View ArticleCosta Concordia: coastguard 'ordered captain to return to the ship'
Italian newspapers report damning claims about the behaviour of the captain, Francesco SchettinoThe captain of the Costa Concordia was ordered by the coastguard to return to the stricken ship after...
View ArticlePakistan at home but England left with that empty feeling | Andy Wilson
Andrew Strauss's team and the remnants of the Barmy Army look lost in the desertMore than 23,000 vacant blue seats made this an underwhelming start to an intriguing Test series, but Pakistan are very...
View ArticleSaeed Ajmal lives the dream for Pakistan as England self-destruct | Vic Marks
The mystery about Saeed Ajmal's day in Dubai was not his teesra but how England were caused such embarrassment on a surface as harmless as an empty pincushionIt is just as well that the ball is not...
View ArticleUnion rebellion against Ed Miliband grows
GMB to consider affiliation with Labour over public sector pay stance, while PCS says policy will cost the party the electionBritain's third largest trade union has raised the spectre of disafilliation...
View ArticleWhat is the West Lothian question and why does it matter?
The question famously posed by Tam Dalyell in 1977 over non-English MPs' role at Westminster remains a tricky oneWhat is the West Lothian question?Most simply put, it asks why Scottish, Welsh or indeed...
View ArticlePeace protesters avoid Parliament Square clearance
Police and Westminister council attempt night-time clearance of protest camp opposite Houses of ParliamentThe decade-long ambition of police and local officials to clear peace protesters from the area...
View ArticleSaeed Ajmal takes 7 for 55 as England fold against Pakistan spinners
• England 192; Pakistan 42-0• Matt Prior makes 70 not outNo bowler in the world took more Test match wickets last year than Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal, a man of many tricks. He bowls an off-break but then...
View ArticlePipe bomb found near Belfast school
Device found near St Teresa's primary school on the Glen Road had capacity to 'maim or kill' say policeArmy bomb disposal experts have confirmed that a device found near a west Belfast school was a...
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