PM backs Hain over donations
Gordon Brown has backed his under-fire Work and Pensions Secretary Peter Hain, claiming that Hain is doing a "great job" and is a valued member of the Government. But in an interview with the
Sun, Brown admitted that Hain's future was out of his hands, and would be decided by... [continued]
People: Has Hain's activist past saved him? 
Bush in fresh Iran assault
George Bush launched a fresh assault against Iran yesterday as his tour of the Middle East took him to the United Arab Emirates. The president accused Tehran of supporting terror groups across the
region. "Iran's actions threaten the security of nations everywhere," the president told his audience. The agressive rhetoric... [continued]
Newsdesk: US backs down over Gulf claims
Brown: Prosecute all knife carriers
The Prime Minister announced a new offensive against street crime, calling for police forces to prosecute anyone who they caught carrying knives rather than just cautioning them. The move comes after a spate of high-profile stabbings across the country over Christmas and the New Year, and following the murder by... [continued]
Super Tuesday may not be the end
No one viable candidate could emerge from either the Republican or Democrat races until after Super Tuesday, strategists for the front-runners of both campaigns have conceded. More than 20 states,
including California, New York and Illinois, will all vote on February 5, and the eventual primaries winner is usually crowned... [continued]
Election 2008: latest analysis, polls and videos
Never write off the Clintons
Greenpeace disrupts whalers
Greenpeace was celebrating yesterday after chasing Japanese whaling ships out of the Southern Ocean, and disrupting the planned slaughter of up to 1,000 whales. The environmental campaign group said that its ship Esperanza had chased the main Japanese ship, the Nisshin Maru, a processing vessel, over hundreds of miles and... [continued]
Ipswich murders case in court
The trial of Steve Wright, the man accused of murdering five prostitutes in Ipswich during December 2006, will begin today. The 49-year-old former pub landlord is charged with the murders of Gemma
Adams, Tania Nicol, Anneli Alderton, Paula Clennell and Annette Nicholls. The dead women all worked in the Suffolk... [continued]
Ipswich murders: a man is charged
£50bn to nationalise Rock
The stricken mortgage lender Northern Rock faces effective nationalisation by the end of January, with the cost to the UK taxpayer potentially reaching £50bn. The Chancellor, Alistair Darling, who
appointed City banker Ron Sandler at the weekend to chair the new 'nationalised' Rock, will use a report from Goldman Sachs... [continued]
Northern Rock: the madness of crowds
Tories plan BoE shake-up
The Tories are proposing the biggest shake-up of the country's financial institutions since the Bank of England was made independent by the newly elected Labour government in 1997. Leader David
Cameron said that the Bank should be given powers that Labour is currently planning on transferring to the Financial Services... [continued]
Mervyn King rides to the City's rescue
