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G7 urged to take joint action to avoid collapse of financial system (10 October 11:09) |
| Alistair Darling to tell crisis meeting in Washington to follow British blueprint after failure of country-by-country rescue plans |
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ABC deems Al Gore's non-profit Alliance for Climate Protection advert too 'controversial' for television (10 October 10:59) |
| Network refused to air an advert produced by Alliance for Climate Protection after presidential debate |
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Einstein letters discussing post-war Russia go on sale (10 October 10:40) |
| Letters penned by Albert Einstein in which he sets out his views on how to deal with Russia to go under hammer in London |
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Quiz: the big bank bail-out (10 October 10:21) |
| How much has sunk in after a tumultuous week in the business world? |
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Accused teenager admitted shooting Rhys Jones, court hears (10 October 09:51) |
| Court told that accused teenager confessed to shooting 11-year-old Rhys Jones |
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Head quits job at top private school after sex-film row (10 October 08:13) |
| Dramatic departure of school leader who employed a teacher known to have filmed a pupil having sex |
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Alleged Holocaust denier fights extradition to Germany (10 October 07:30) |
| An Australian revisionist historian wanted in Germany for alleged Holocaust denial was greeted in court with a Nazi salute from the public gallery |
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Pakistan bomb attack targets tribal gathering (10 October 06:43) |
| Ten people killed and more than 50 wounded in suicide attack in region near Afghan border |
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Bangkok protest leaders bailed after handing themselves in (10 October 06:23) |
| Leaders of long-running campaign to derail Thai government call for sweeping electoral changes |
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Football: Chelsea open legal proceedings against Lyn Oslo and Morgen Andersen over Mikel Jon Obi transfer (10 October 05:27) |
| Chelsea have opened legal proceedings against Lyn Oslo in a bid to recoup the full £16m fee they paid for midfielder Mikel Jon Obi |
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Financial crisis: How it will affect us all (10 October 05:17) |
| As £100bn is wiped off the value of the UK's biggest companies and markets tumble worldwide, what does it really mean to you? |
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Rio Ferdinand to captain England as injury gets the better of John Terry (10 October 05:04) |
| Rio Ferdinand will captain England against Kazakhstan after John Terry was ruled out of the game with a back injury |
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Doctors accused of bomb plot left London scene in rickshaws, court told (10 October 04:47) |
| Court hears how doctors accused of setting up series of car bombs allegedly fled London scene in rickshaws |
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Doctor accused of bomb plot left London scene in rickshaw, court told (10 October 04:47) |
| Court hears how doctor accused of setting up series of car bombs allegedly fled London scene in rickshaw |
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Video: An uneasy calm on the streets of Bangkok (10 October 04:41) |
| Following riots in Bangkok on Tuesday, seven leaders of the People's Alliance for Democracy turn themselves in to police as protesters threaten further demonstrations if the Thai PM does not... |
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Treasury officials head to Iceland to resolve banking crisis (10 October 03:59) |
| Treasury officials en route to Iceland hope to meet officials to seek a solution that minimises the impact on UK individuals and councils with money in its banks |
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Markets crash: How panic spread around the globe (10 October 03:44) |
| Stockmarkets around the world slumped today as fears of a global recession deepened |
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Police inquiry into barrister shooting is lawful, says judge (10 October 03:41) |
| High court rules that investigation into fatal police shooting of Mark Saunders does not break human rights laws |
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Cricket: Sri Lanka sign away England Tests for IPL (10 October 03:22) |
| A proposed deal between the IPL and Sri Lanka cricket means 2009's Test tour of England will 'definitely not take place' |
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Nobel peace prize goes to Finnish ex-president Martti Ahtisaari (10 October 03:02) |
| Martti Ahtisaari receives the prize for efforts to resolve international conflicts over 30 years |
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Nobel peace prize goes to Finnish ex-president (10 October 03:02) |
| Martti Ahtisaari received the prize for efforts to resolve international conflicts over thirty years |
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Japan suffers biggest single-day stock drop for 20 years (10 October 02:05) |
| Asia's financial crisis deepens as Japan's Nikkei index falls almost 10% and insurance company collapses |
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MoD loses hard drive holding military personnel data (10 October 01:56) |
| Portable drive holding private details of 100,000 army, navy and RAF personnel belonged to MoD IT contractor, EDS |
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Woman, 105, links her age to walking - and no sex (10 October 01:18) |
| A woman celebrating her 105th birthday attributes her longevity partly to remaining a virgin |
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Financial crisis: Panic selling piles pressure on G7 leaders (10 October 12:46) |
| Panic causes world's stockmarkets to fall sharply, putting pressure on G7 leaders as they meet in Washington |
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Panic selling: London suffers 'the great crash of 2008' (10 October 12:46) |
| FTSE 100 still nearly 8% lower while Bush fails to win over Wall Street |
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FTSE plunges 10% as global recession fears send world markets tumbling (10 October 12:46) |
| The world's stockmarkets have fallen sharply yet again today in a wave of panic selling that began on Wall Street last night |
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Financial crisis: Panic selling sees FTSE down nearly 10% in global sell-off (10 October 12:46) |
| Panic causes world's stockmarkets to fall sharply, putting pressure on G7 leaders as they meet in Washington |
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Stockmarket turmoil: London suffers third biggest fall in 'great crash of 2008' (10 October 12:46) |
| FTSE 100 almost 9% lower as Bush fails to win over Wall Street |
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Financial crisis: Panic selling wipes £100bn off UK companies (10 October 12:46) |
| The world's stockmarkets have fallen sharply yet again today in a wave of panic selling that began on Wall Street last night |
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Guardian Daily podcast: PM demands crackdown on City excess; and councils may need bail-out over Iceland savings (10 October 12:01) |
| No more big City bonuses, says Brown; council savings stuck in Iceland banks; and an alleged abuse of power by Sarah Palin; with Jon Dennis |
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Credit crunch chains Ashley to Newcastle (10 October 04:42) |
| Mike Ashley's hopes of selling Newcastle United quickly have been hit by the worsening global economic situation |
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Pitcairn victims of child sex abuse win compensation (10 October 04:39) |
| New scheme brings treatment of women from remote British outpost in line with rape victims in UK |
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Caught in the crossfire of a 'mindless, indiscriminate' Liverpool gang feud (10 October 04:39) |
| Court sees CCTV images of schoolboy's shooting as he made his way home from football practice |
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Doctors accused of car bomb terror attacks planned indiscriminate and wholesale murder, court told (10 October 04:38) |
| Two men also accused of plotting to detonate two cars packed with nails and explosives in central London |
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Early share lift evaporates amid fears over forced selling (10 October 04:37) |
| Barclays stock sinks 13% on speculation that it will not draw on government's £25bn bail-out |
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Huge bonuses for City high flyers will be hard to rein in (10 October 04:37) |
| Fund managers say exodus to high paying Mumbai or Shanghai will occur if pay is restricted |
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Lost in Iceland: £1 billion from councils, charities and police (10 October 04:37) |
| Gordon Brown brands failure to guarantee British savings in failed banks as 'totally unacceptable and illegal' |
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The chameleon: who is the real Sarah Palin? (10 October 04:36) |
| Report expected to throw light on politician known as a moral crusader but with questionable values |
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US faces downward spiral in Afghan war, says leaked intelligence report (10 October 04:36) |
| Blame placed on booming opium trade and failure of Afghan president to control corruption |
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No cuts in health or education budgets, says PM (10 October 04:35) |
| Gordon Brown insists bank bail-out won't come at the expense of better public services |
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Labour peers urge Brown to back down in detention fight (10 October 04:35) |
| Among those rebelling are Lord Goldsmith, former attorney general, and Lord Falconer, former lord chancellor |
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League of Gentlemen actors return to BBC2 (10 October 04:35) |
| League Of Gentlemen actors Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton are returning to BBC2 with a bizarre new comedy called Psychoville.. By Ben Dowell |
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Pick of the week: Grey (10 October 04:34) |
| If a colour were to symbolise the current mood of the western world, surely it would be this one |
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Sam Wollaston: Welcome to silence (10 October 04:34) |
| Can a hearing person ever really know what it is like to be deaf? Sam Wollaston spends 24 hours with a deaf family - meal times, school run, play and discipline - and discovers what it feels... |
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Football: Yes from Asia puts Premier League Game 39 back on menu (10 October 04:34) |
| The president of the Asian Football Confederation has said that he now 'welcomes' the idea of an international Premier League fixture |
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Xan Brooks on the significance of film festivals (10 October 04:33) |
| There are more than 1,000 film festivals every year. Xan Brooks reports on the black hole of moviedom, and asks what all these extravaganzas are really for |
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Nobel award restores French literary pride (10 October 04:32) |
| Novels of cult French writer expected to see a massive sales boost in Britain where they are currently out of print |
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Bush effort to calm markets as Dow plummets to five-year low (10 October 04:09) |
| Wall Street shares drop to their lowest level for five years driven by urgent, relentless selling on trading floors |
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Dow plunges 678 points (10 October 04:09) |
| Wall Street shares drop to their lowest level for five years driven by urgent, relentless selling on trading floors |
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