Brown allies round on Miliband
Gordon Brown's allies yesterday criticised David Miliband for acting "disgracefully and disloyally" after he refused to rule out standing against the Prime Minister. An article by the Foreign
Secretary in yesterday's Guardian in which he appeared to set out his own personal leadership manifesto provoked a storm of speculation over... [continued]
The Mole: David Miliband tests Brown with call for ‘radical new phase’ 
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Children’s remains found at home
Jersey police have found the partial remains of at least five children aged between four and 11 at Haut de la Garenne, the former children's home at the centre of a child abuse investigation. But the discovery of the bone fragments is unlikely to lead to a murder inquiry because... [continued]
British Gas bills rise by 35%
Price hikes of up to 44 per cent by British Gas sparked outrage yesterday, with the announcement coming just hours before its parent company Centrica revealed higher-than-expected profits of £992m for the first half of the year. From today British Gas's 15.9 million customers will be paying, on average, 35... [continued]
Karadzic appears before the Hague
Radovan Karadzic is to make his first public appearance today since being arrested on a Belgrade bus last week, when he goes before a United Nations war crimes tribunal at the Hague to hear the 11
charges of genocide and crimes against humanity against him. Prosecutors in the case against... [continued]
Why is Ratko Mladic so hard to find?
Karadzic's secret life as an alternative healer
Olmert exit may halt peace process
The already fraught Middle East peace process was thrown in turmoil last night with the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Olmert, who has faced months of mounting pressure over
corruption allegations, announced he will step down in September. In a tearful speech given from his Jerusalem... [continued]
After Olmert: step forward Mrs Clean
Scotland Yard to help in Antigua
Scotland Yard has been asked to help in the inquiry into the shooting of British newlyweds on honeymoon in Antigua. Prime minister Baldwin Spencer made the request in a national broadcast yesterday in response to the killing of Dr Catherine Mullany. The attack at the Coco's Hotel luxury resort on... [continued]
Rock to shed 2,000 staff
The troubled lender Northern Rock has begun a purge of 2,000 staff by telling 800 employees yesterday that they were to be made compulsorily redundant. A further 500 staff are to leave under a
voluntary redundancy programme, taking the total cuts this year to 1,300. Meanwhile 700 roles will go... [continued]
Freddie and Fannie: an American racket
Consumer confidence at record low
Consumer confidence fell to a record low this month, with a combination of higher living costs, house price falls and rising energy prices blamed for the sharp plunge. The GfK NOP barometer of UK consumer confidence scored -39 in July - the lowest level recorded since the survey began in... [continued]
