Josef Fritzl sentenced to life
Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man who locked his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathered seven children by her, has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of a string of
crimes, including murder, rape and slavery. After hearing the sentence he told the court... [continued]
Pic of the Day: Josef Fritzl faces court 
People: Christiane Burkheiser puts case against Josef Fritzl
Austria has Fritzl - Britain has its own shameful secret
Record jump in unemployment sees jobless total pass 2m
Unemployment in Britain surged past the 2m mark yesterday as the number of people claiming benefits rose by 138,400 in February – the biggest monthly rise since records began in 1971. The jobless
figure now stands at 2.03m and the unemployment rate is now 6.5 per cent of the... [continued]
Capitalism hasn't failed - the liberal left has
Wanted: domestic servants for the political classes
Meet the smugs: the recession is good news for some people
Natasha Richardson dies
Actress Natasha Richardson has died of head injuries following a skiing accident in Canada. Richardson, 45, the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and wife of actor Liam Neeson, fell on a
beginners' slope at Mont Tremblant in Quebec on Monday. She died in a New York hospital, close... [continued]
People: Natasha Richardson dies
In Pictures: Natasha and the Redgrave dynasty
Fed begins quantitative easing
The US Federal Reserve has embarked on a policy of quantitative easing, following the lead of the Bank of England, in a new attempt to shore up America's economy. The Fed said that it would purchase
up to $300bn of Treasury bonds over the next six months. The radical... [continued]
Alexander Cockburn: Is Obama heading for disaster?
The Mole: Brown has fingers crossed after talks with Obama
BAA told to sell Gatwick, Stansted
The Competition Commission has ruled that airport operater BAA must sell Gatwick and Stansted airports after publishing the final report of its two-year investigation. The commission has also told
BAA, which currently owns seven airports, that it must also sell either Edinburgh or Glasgow airport. The investigation into... [continued]
Pros and Cons: third runway at Heathrow
Hodgson walks free after 27 years
Sean Hodgson, who spent 27 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, walked free from court yesterday after it was disclosed that a "disgraceful" forensics error prevented his release 11 years
ago. Speaking on the steps of the Royal Courts of Justice in London Hodgson was... [continued]
Private prisons that lock up America's children
Will Self: prisoners should be forced to vote as part of their rehabilitation
