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David Smiths letter from Africa (25 November 06:00) |
| A small slice of Victorian-era South Africa can be found in a 99-year-old house in JohannesburgDavid Smith
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Big brands lagging on climate action (25 November 05:35) |
| Study of 600 brands finds two-thirds are either increasing emissions, have weak targets on cuts or do not publish dataConsumer expectations that favourite brands are actively tackling climat... |
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Amazing lace (25 November 05:35) |
| It's the party fabric – and it's on everything from blazers to bodysuitsBetween finishing a PhD in political science and becoming a fashion designer, Miuccia Prada spent six years studying... |
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What was really behind the crash (25 November 05:35) |
| In an exclusive extract from his new book, John Cassidy explains why the huge salaries of Wall Street bosses created a culture that helped trigger the financial crisisEconomics, when you str... |
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Two in Northern Ireland murder attempt charge (25 November 04:49) |
| Men arrested after police thwarted an alleged attack in GarrisonTwo men have been charged tonight with attempting to murder a police officer in Northern Ireland following an incident at the ... |
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US urged Iraq invasion before 911 (25 November 04:24) |
| • UK dismissed idea in 2001 as having no basis in law• Terror attacks ended US support for 'containment'Tony Blair's government knew that prominent members of the Bush administration wan... |
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Liverpool crash out despite victory (25 November 03:47) |
| Failure to reach the last 16 is a disaster for a club whose future schemes and dreams are based on unbroken successIn a better world Jamie Carragher's pre-match claim that ending up in the ... |
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All the worlds a screen (25 November 03:35) |
| Once a novelty, giant film screens and web feeds are transforming our experience of live performanceAs the print media struggle with the impact of the digital age, what is the effect of tech... |
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Banker transferred money from rich to poor (25 November 03:34) |
| In these financially troubled times, bankers tend not to score too highly on the scale of public admiration, with their bonuses, bailouts and bad loans. But today details emerged of a woman ... |
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Arsenal win overshadowed by injury (25 November 03:32) |
| Arsenal's progress out of their Champions League section has been assured for a 10th successive season, though it says everything about this side's desperate desire to make an impact in the ... |
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G20 chief accused of misleading MPs (25 November 03:30) |
| Inquiry finds undercover police deployed at G20 protests to spy on activists, contrary to Bob Broadhurst's denial to MPsA Scotland Yard commander was accused of misleading parliament tonight... |
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A jamboree of repression (25 November 03:30) |
| The Commonwealth has developed a 21st-century role – as a haven for serial human rights abusersWhat's the point of the Commonwealth? Every two years the question comes around in the run-up... |
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Chilcot wont give us Blairs head (25 November 02:00) |
| The parliament that approved the war now bays for his blood. This inquiry is a way of getting MPs off the hookHurrah. It's Colosseum time again. The all-singing, all-dancing Chilcot inquiry ... |
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Cruel illegal immoral UKs role in torture (25 November 01:39) |
| Pressure for inquiry grows as torturers themselves allege British complicityThe attorney general was under intense pressure tonight to order a wider series of police investigations into Brit... |
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Cruel illegal immoral UKs role in torture (25 November 01:39) |
| Pressure for inquiry grows as torturers themselves allege British complicityThe attorney general was under intense pressure tonight to order a wider series of police investigations into Brit... |
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Cruel illegal immoral UKs role in torture (25 November 01:39) |
| Pressure for inquiry grows as torturers themselves allege British complicityThe attorney general was under intense pressure tonight to order a wider series of police investigations into Brit... |
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Tory plan for MPs to sit in August (25 November 01:34) |
| • Aim would be to restore trust after expenses row• Emergency budget as soon as June if Cameron winsA new Conservative government may keep parliament sitting through next August in an at... |
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US and India pledge common action (25 November 01:27) |
| Hopes of a strong deal at Copenhagen summit renewed as Obama and Singh commit to 'significant mitigation actions'America and India today pledged common action to fight climate change and to ... |
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Further flooding threats in Cumbria (25 November 01:20) |
| Flood warnings issued as death toll from storms rises to five and planning begins on temporary Workington rail linkPersistent downpours swept over the mountain catchments of Cumbria again to... |
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Little-known author eyes Costa prize (25 November 01:00) |
| Christopher Nicholson's The Elephant Keeper goes up against Hilary Mantel, Colm Tóibín and Penelope Lively in shortlist for £5,000 awardA touching story of an 18th-century boy's love affa... |
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New novelist eyes Costa prize (25 November 01:00) |
| Christopher Nicholson's The Elephant Keeper goes up against Hilary Mantel, Colm Tóibín and Penelope Lively in shortlist for £5,000 awardA touching story of an 18th-century boy's love affa... |
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Berlusconi is sexual record breaker (25 November 12:43) |
| Patrizia D'Addario explicitly claims for first time in book that she had sex with Italian PM Silvio BerlusconiThe Italian prostitute at the centre of a sex scandal involving Silvio Berluscon... |
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Berlusconi is sexual record breaker (25 November 12:43) |
| Patrizia D'Addario explicitly claims for first time in book that she had sex with Italian PM Silvio BerlusconiThe Italian prostitute at the centre of a sex scandal involving Silvio Berluscon... |
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Berlusconi is sexual record breaker (25 November 12:43) |
| Patrizia D'Addario explicitly claims for first time in book that she had sex with Italian PM Silvio BerlusconiThe Italian prostitute at the centre of a sex scandal involving Silvio Berluscon... |
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Three-year-old boy stabbed to death in London (25 November 12:31) |
| Met police investigating incident after man and woman suffer stab woundsDetectives have launched an inquiry after a three-year-old boy was found stabbed to death at his home.Officers discove... |
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Carla Bruni accepts Woody Allen film proposal (25 November 12:12) |
| Model turned singer says she 'might be hopeless' but is willing to work with director in unspecified roleThe story of how a supermodel turned singer came to conquer the heart of a rightwing ... |
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Bruni to be in Woody Allen film (25 November 12:12) |
| Model turned singer says she 'might be hopeless' but is willing to work with director in unspecified roleThe story of how a supermodel turned singer came to conquer the heart of a rightwing ... |
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Obama to make Afghanistan decision (24 November 11:51) |
| US president set to make official announcement on US troop levels early next weekBarack Obama said today that he intended to "finish the job" in Afghanistan, as it became clear that he is po... |
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Portsmouth sack Paul Hart (24 November 11:41) |
| • First-team coaches to lead side until replacement is announced• Director of football Avram Grant not consulted over decisionPortsmouth have announced tonight that Paul Hart has "been r... |
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More patients examined after coma case (24 November 11:33) |
| Steven Laureys says Rom Houben is extreme case, as mother says she always believed paralysed son was consciousThe doctor credited with giving a Belgian man a new lease of life after he was w... |
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More patients examined after coma case (24 November 11:33) |
| Steven Laureys says Rom Houben is extreme case, as mother says she always believed paralysed son was consciousThe doctor credited with giving a Belgian man a new lease of life after he was w... |
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More patients examined after coma case (24 November 11:33) |
| Steven Laureys says Rom Houben is extreme case, as mother says she always believed paralysed son was consciousThe doctor credited with giving a Belgian man a new lease of life after he was w... |
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Borders suspends website orders (24 November 11:28) |
| • Bookshop chain cancels author signing• At least three distributors have stopped supplying retailerThere were further fears for the future of Bordertonight after the struggling book and... |
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Professor rubbishes leaked email row (24 November 11:25) |
| Phil Jones of the University of East Anglia denies emails provide evidence of collusion by climatologists to fix dataThe climatologist at the centre of the leaked emails row said today that ... |
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Heterosexual couple fight civil union ban (24 November 11:02) |
| Tom Freeman and Katherine Doyle refused partnership by London council because UK law bans opposite-sex civil unionsA couple who want to become the first heterosexuals in Britain to have a ci... |
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Hamas holds talks on prisoner swap (24 November 11:01) |
| Reports say deal to free Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in return for release of Palestinian prisoners may be close at handIan Black: deal could herald big breakthroughSenior figures from the ... |
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Pulp Fiction writer tweets from jail (24 November 09:51) |
| In 140-character takes, Roger Avary has built up a vivid portrait of life in Ventura county jail where he is being heldWhen Roger Avary, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Pulp Fiction, was l... |
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Yorks top 10 budget eats (24 November 09:33) |
| Tony Naylor seeks out the city's best places to enjoy fine food at affordable pricesHave you say on our Word of mouth blog1. Melton's Too A spin-off from chef Michael Hjort's well-regarded ... |
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Yorks top 10 budget eats (24 November 09:33) |
| Tony Naylor seeks out the city's best places to enjoy fine food at affordable pricesHave you say on our Word of mouth blog1. Melton's Too A spin-off from chef Michael Hjort's well-regarded ... |
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Yorks top 10 budget eats (24 November 09:33) |
| Tony Naylor seeks out the city's best places to enjoy fine food at affordable pricesHave you say on our Word of mouth blog1. Melton's Too A spin-off from chef Michael Hjort's well-regarded ... |
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Yorks top 10 budget eats (24 November 09:33) |
| Tony Naylor seeks out the city's best places to enjoy fine food at affordable pricesHave you say on our Word of mouth blog1. Melton's Too A spin-off from chef Michael Hjort's well-regarded ... |
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Yorks top 10 budget eats (24 November 09:33) |
| Tony Naylor seeks out the city's best places to enjoy fine food at affordable pricesHave you say on our Word of mouth blog1. Melton's Too A spin-off from chef Michael Hjort's well-regarded ... |
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Yorks top 10 budget eats (24 November 09:33) |
| Tony Naylor seeks out the city's best places to enjoy fine food at affordable pricesHave you say on our Word of mouth blog1. Melton's Too A spin-off from chef Michael Hjort's well-regarded ... |
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Yorks top 10 budget eats (24 November 09:33) |
| Tony Naylor seeks out the city's best places to enjoy fine food at affordable pricesHave you say on our Word of mouth blog1. Melton's Too A spin-off from chef Michael Hjort's well-regarded ... |
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Briatore lawyers seek to overturn ban (24 November 09:31) |
| • Briatore says he was denied a free and fair defence• French court expected to reach verdict on 5 JanuaryThe former Renault team principal Flavio Briatore has asked a French court to ov... |
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How modern art shed its inhibitions (24 November 09:07) |
| Matisse, Picasso and the perfume of hedonism surrounding Montmartre finally opened up sex in art from the furtive, neurotic business of the previous centurySomething happened to artists at t... |
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EasyJet pulls magazine over Holocaust shoot (24 November 07:57) |
| Airline apologises for poor taste of fashion spread that used Jewish Museum and Holocaust memorial as backdropThe budget airline EasyJet has been forced to withdraw almost 300,000 copies of ... |
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The White Stripes – Elephant (24 November 07:54) |
| The stripped-back approach to rock'n'roll inspired many bands during the noughties, but none were a match for Jack and MegThe cricket bat on the cover, along with utterances about cups of te... |
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US to announce Afghan troop surge (24 November 07:45) |
| Media reports say Barack Obama will announce reinforcements in prime time address next weekBarack Obama is expected to send 34,000 more US troops to Afghanistan when he unveils his long-awai... |
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British torture complicity condemned (24 November 07:39) |
| Pakistani intelligence agents involved in torture say their British counterparts were 'grateful' they were 'using all means possible' to extract information from terror suspectsBritain's rol... |
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