Argentina accuses UK of deploying nuclear weapons near Falkland Islands
Row escalates as Argentinian foreign minister lodges formal protest with UN, but Britain insists militarising claim is 'absurd'Argentina has accused Britain of deploying nuclear weapons near the...
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View ArticleSome families to lose £4,000 a year in 'unfair' tax credit changes, says Labour
Up to 200,000 low-income families will lose out from little-noticed change, says shadow chief secretary to the TreasuryUp to 200,000 families could lose £4,000 a year because of a little-noticed change...
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Normal Sudoku rules apply, except the numbers in the cells contained within dotted lines add up to the figures in the corner. No number can be repeated within each shape formed by dotted lines.For a...
View ArticleFrom the archive, 11 February 1977: Monopoly on publicity pile
Originally published in the Guardian on 11 February 1977Think of a likely venue for the British Monopoly championships on September 6 and 7. Yes, right first time. A nuclear power station. And not in...
View ArticleThe Saturday interview: Stuart Hall
Stuart Hall – godfather of multiculturalism and one of the UK's leading cultural theorists – is more pessimistic about politics than he's been for 30 years. The left, he says, is in deep troubleStuart...
View ArticleAl Murray on the Twitter joke trial: 'Problem is, the law don't do funny'
Comedian Al Murray, in court to follow the now notorious Twitter joke trial, calls it 'a Monty Python-does-Kafka brainfart'This week I went to the Royal Courts of Justice to offer support to someone...
View ArticleComet to axe 450 jobs as repair service is reduced
Electrical retailer reduces staff numbers following sale of business to private investment firm OpCapitaAbout 450 jobs will go at electricals retailer Comet under a plan to reduce its repairs service....
View ArticleStrip the wealthy of higher-rate pensions tax relief, says Alexander
Ahead of budget, Treasury chief secretary pushes Lib Dem agenda of fairer deal for people on lower and middle incomesProposals for wealthier savers to be stripped of higher-rate tax relief on pensions...
View ArticleMadonna stalker taken back to mental hospital
Robert Hoskins was jailed after scaling a wall around Madonna's home in Hollywood Hills and threatening to slit her throatA man convicted in 1996 of stalking Madonna was arrested and returned to a...
View ArticleMan held after eight-hour siege at restaurant
Armed police storm Glasgow restaurant and detain man after eight-hour stand offA man has been detained following an eight-hour stand-off with armed police at an Italian restaurant in Glasgow.Officers...
View ArticleMalaysia deports Saudi journalist for tweets about prophet Muhammad
Hamza Kashgari is sent back to Saudi Arabia where lawyers fear he could face the death penalty over Twitter remarksMalaysian authorities have deported a young Saudi journalist accused of insulting the...
View ArticleTory MPs urge George Osborne to bring in tax breaks for married couples
Chancellor accused of 'kowtowing' to Liberal Democrats by reportedly ruling out measure in next month's budgetA Tory MP has accused the chancellor, George Osborne, of "kowtowing" to the Liberal...
View ArticleNHS reforms: David Cameron says he is 'at one' with Andrew Lansley
Prime minister gives health secretary his personal backing as poll reveals only 18% of public support NHS billA leading Liberal Democrat sparked renewed speculation about Andrew Lansley's future when...
View ArticleSyria eases bombardment of Homs
A few families have been allowed to leave opposition districts of the city, Syrian activists saySyrian security forces have eased their week-long bombardment of the central city of Homs and let a few...
View ArticleFukushima reactor readings raise reheating concern
Temperature inside No 2 reactor may have risen to 82C, and Tepco reportedly steps up cooling effortsConcern is growing that the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan is no longer stable after...
View ArticleGreek MPs set to accept bailout deal
Unpopular austerity bill sets out €3.3bn in cuts in order to secure €130bn rescue package from EU and IMFGreek MPs appear set to agree a deeply unpopular bailout deal setting out €3.3bn in wage,...
View ArticleRBS bankers arrested in tax fraud investigation
HMRC says five current and former employees of Edinburgh-based bank were detained in investigation into personal financial affairsBankers from the Royal Bank of Scotland have been arrested as part of...
View ArticleAl-Qaida leader Zawahiri urges Muslim support for Syrian uprising
Ayman al-Zawahiri calls on Muslims in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey to join fight against 'pernicious, cancerous regime'Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al-Qaida, has called on Muslims around the...
View ArticleCarla Bruni-Sarkozy to be immortalised in 6ft bronze statue
Plan for €80,000 monument to French first lady, partly funded by the taxpayer, causes outrage in Paris suburbFirst there was Carla the supermodel, then the singer, then the first lady. Now, coming...
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