UK protesters released in Beijing
Two Britons arrested in China for unveiling pro-Tibet banners as the Olympic torch made its final journey across the city have been released and are awaiting deportation. Iain Thom, 24 from Edinburgh
and Lucy Fairbrother, 23, from London climbed lampposts to demonstrate against China's presence in Tibet. Now... [continued]
Beijing 2008: speedy analysis, strong comment, enduring photographs 
Madeleine ‘was stolen to order’ by paedophiles
British police received a tip-off that Madeleine McCann had been stolen to order by a group who took her photo in Praia da Luz three days before she vanished. An email sent by a Met officer in the UK
said the tip-off was that paedophiles in Belgium placed an order... [continued]
October 2007: was Portuguese policeman incompetent?
Mugabe and Tsvangirai meet
Robert Mugabe is to meet Morgan Tsvangirai today for direct talks on a power-sharing deal brokered by South Africa's Thabo Mbeki. Mbeki suggested that Mugabe stay on as titular president of Zimbabwe
with immunity from prosecution, while Tsvangirai, who won the country's last credible election in March at the head... [continued]
Zimbabwe Today: exclusive reports from Mugabe's Zimbabwe
Defra: expect 4C global warming
Defra's chief scientist says the country should prepare for a 4C rise in average global temperatures, despite an EU committment to ensure climate change causes no more than a 2C rise. Speaking about
the EU policy, Professor Bob Watson said: "Given this is an ambitious target, and we don't know... [continued]
Two years to climate change meltdown
Time to declare a war on climate change
Archbishop backs gay partnerships
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has said in a leaked private letter that gay relationships are "comparable to marriage" in the eyes of God. In the letter, written shortly before he
became archbishop, Dr Williams says: "An active sexual relationship between two people of the same sex might... [continued]
The Catholic church and gay clergy
Gardener finds £1,000 of truffles
A gardener has unearthed 10 truffles, thought to be worth £1,000, in a garden in Plymouth. Forty-seven-year-old tree surgeon and gardener Chris Hunt dug up the truffles in Elaine Keith-Hill's garden when he cleared undergrowth around her several 150-year-old oak and beech trees. He said he knew immediately what they... [continued]
Bank holds interest rate steady
The Bank of England decided to hold interest rates at five per cent today, despite widespread fears that the UK economy is going into recession. The Bank's Monetary Policy Committee is struggling to
balance the threats of accelerating inflation and decelerating growth. Last month, the majority of MPC members... [continued]
America and Europe will rise from the financial ashes
Angry brides march on HSBC
A bevy of brides and grooms, some wearing their wedding outfits, has marched on the headquarters of HSBC to protest the collapse of Wrapit, the wedding gift company. Wrapit, which went into
administration on Monday, blames HSBC for not providing adequate support. About 60,000 gifts ordered on the site... [continued]
America and Europe will rise from the financial ashes
