Department of Health apologises over tax deals 'misunderstanding'
Exclusive: Andrew Lansley faces questions after leaked emails reveal at least 25 senior staff have salaries paid to companiesThe Department of Health has apologised after documents sent to the Guardian...
View ArticleFaith and the state: turn the other cheek | Editorial
The Queen, who is also supreme governor of the Church of England, has found herself echoing Baroness WarsiThe Queen, who is also supreme governor of the Church of England, found herself echoing...
View ArticleWhy Barack Obama and Xi Jinping need an Australian retreat with Kevin Rudd |...
This century's greatest power rivals need to have a frank, strategic talk about the terms of international orderIndividuals make history. If the last leader of the Soviet Union had not been a man...
View ArticleMilan 4-0 Arsenal | Champions League last 16 1st leg match report
For Arsenal, here was the evidence of how far they have fallen behind Europe's elite. Arsène Wenger's team were out-passed, out-thought and, ultimately, outclassed. They are almost certainly out of the...
View ArticleFive talking points from Milan 4-0 Arsenal | David Hytner
Arsenal were able to pick their strongest back four at last but the reunion fell flat in an abject, ragged performanceIt felt like a humiliation for ArsenalIt was almost a year ago to the day that...
View ArticleReferee Stuart Attwell dropped from Premier League's elite list
• Attwell involved in series of high-profile controversies• Twenty-nine-year-old returns to Football LeagueStuart Attwell has lost his place on the list of Select Group of referees and will return to...
View ArticleSteve Bruce hoping to be interviewed by Wolves for manager's job
• Alan Curbishley expected for further talks in the next 24 hours• Neil Warnock agrees a settlement with Queens Park RangersSteve Bruce is waiting to learn whether he will be interviewed for the...
View ArticleIn praise of … offal
Nose to tail eating is making a comeback, thanks to hard times and cooks who champion slow food and sustainable noshVegetarians, look away now. Offal, more fashionably known as "nose to tail eating",...
View ArticleWill Valencia be up for it on a cold, windy night in the Potteries? | Stuart...
The Spanish side are third in La Liga but they are in for a culture shock when they come up against Tony Pulis' Stoke CityIt is probably the nearest we will get to seeing whether Andy Gray had a point...
View ArticleAlastair Cook leads way with another ton as England beat Pakistan
• England 250-4; Pakistan 230• England beat Pakistan by 20 runs and lead series 2-0It was a case of not quite but almost the same again for England, who have one hand on the Mobilink Jazz Cup after a...
View ArticleHugh Muir's diary
A controversial election. Members disgruntled. Plenty of plot-lines at the BFI• Exciting times at the British Film Institute. Today the BFI unveiled a new addition to the board of governors, the...
View ArticleNicolas Sarkozy's party to expel anti-gay MP
Outrage after Christian Vanneste claims homosexuals hold too much sway in FrancePresident Nicolas Sarkozy's party is to expel an MP who said gay people held too much sway in France and downplayed the...
View ArticleNicolas Sarkozy launches bid for re-election
French president faces task of addressing concerns of a France hit hard by economic crisis, unemployment and the public deficitThe French president Nicolas Sarkozy has formally launched his battle for...
View ArticleCamden council launches legal challenge to HS2
Local authority joins campaigners seeking judicial review over high-speed rail, which it says will destroy homes and businessesThe "great earthquake" that "rent the whole neighbourhood" was recorded by...
View ArticleArsène Wenger slams shocking Arsenal display after Milan 'disaster'
• 'It is our worst night in Europe,' manager says of 4-0 defeat• Patrick Vieira blames lack of on-pitch leadershipArsène Wenger tore into his Arsenal players for a "shocking result and a shocking...
View ArticleRoyal Academy calls for Wedgwood Museum to be saved
Tracey Emin among 18 academicians to sign letter asking government to prevent sale of Unesco-celebrated museumChristopher Le Brun and Tracey Emin are among a group of Royal Academicians calling on the...
View ArticleLetter: Wedgwood collection mustn't be broken up
Part of my role as president of the Royal Academy is not only to defend the interests of artists and architects in this country, but to safeguard and maintain the importance of art to the welfare of...
View ArticleZlatan Ibrahimovic comes back to haunt Arsenal on a painful night
The Gunners were cruelly exposed by a player Arsène Wenger nearly signed 12 years ago who is now excelling for MilanArsène Wenger called it his club's worst night in European competition, a 4-0 defeat...
View ArticleDavid Cameron flags up flaws of independence for Scotland
Prime minister promises to fight for the United Kingdom and warns Scotland what it could lose by going it aloneDavid Cameron claimed on Wednesday night that an independent Scotland would be less...
View ArticleNo 10 scraps plan to penalise early student loan repayments
Prime minister to ditch Lib Dem scheme that sought to impose charges of 5%A plan to impose penalties on students who pay university loans back early has been scrapped by the government, amid fears...
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