Unison leader warns leadership frontrunner that he must abandon New Labour's strong preference for privatisationDavid Miliband, the Labour leadership frontrunner, must ditch his attachment to Blairite policies on privatisation and globalisation if he is to avoid splitting the party, the leader of Britain's biggest public sector union insists today.Dave Prentis, …
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Senior member of the Indian judiciary has alleged that police are allowing links between organised crime and the sport to flourishSouth Asian betting rings are channelling millions of pounds into terrorism and drug trafficking with the connivance of police officers, a judge in India has warned.As Scotland Yard continues its …
Juliard and Hermínio set out to smuggle themselves into a better life in the US. Three weeks later, the body of one, and the identity card of the other, were found among 72 blindfolded corpses in MexicoBoston, on the east coast of the United States, was the destination when Hermínio …
A decade ago Portugal took a radical new approach to illegal drugs by treating users as people with social problems rather than as criminals. Could it work in the UK?Susannah is being treated in the physiotherapy unit of the Centro das Taipas, a vast, pink former mental institutution close to …
A British academic has provoked a storm by claiming that the French education system robs its pupils of their self-esteemA British teacher at one of the leading universities in Paris has produced an extraordinary indictment of France's admired schools, saying they humiliate pupils and could learn much from other countries, including …
Trapped for a month in the San Jose mine, Chile, shift leader Luis Urzua has worked heroically to protect his menAbout 700 metres underground, in the most traumatic of circumstances, Luis Urzua has no intention of relinquishing command of the 33 men in his care. Urzua, 54, went to work …
Climate scientists meeting in Britain this week hope to build a database to predict natural disasters precisely. And records of the voyages of the Bounty and Beagle will assist them in their taskLeading climate scientists will gather in the UK this week to finalise plans for a revolutionary project aimed …
Bid to end long-standing friction over the unassuming resting place in the Yorkshire village of Heptonstall of Ted Hughes's tragic partnerA small stone in a cemetery in the Yorkshire village of Heptonstall marks the unassuming grave of Sylvia Plath, the American poet and novelist whose fame has grown each year …
The dispersal of tiny sea creatures in Antarctica has alerted scientists to the vulnerability of Earth's ice sheetsBryozoans make unlikely prophets of doom. Nevertheless, scientists believe these tiny marine creatures, which live glued to the side of boulders, rocks and other surfaces, reveal a disturbing aspect about Antarctica that has …
A member of Queen and one of the great rock guitarists, but now Brian May is more concerned with daguerreotypes, astronomy and blogging. Rachel Cooke catches up with the angriest man in rockBrian May lives in – shout it! – Surrey, not too far from the golf course at Wentworth, …
Voyeuristic, sensationalist, revolting… Embarrassing Bodies is accused of being all of these. So why are people prepared to share their unsightly medical problems with a record-breaking TV audience?A sweaty morning at Thorpe Park, and the smell of sunblock and ketchup hangs heavy in the air. In the shade of Saw, …
As ebooks boom and publishers brace themselves for an 'iPod moment', bestsellers such as Blair's continue to endureAt the beginning of A Journey, Tony Blair brags that he has "the soul of a rebel". Last week, he made good on that boast by conducting a gravity-defying act of literary presumption …
A person freefalling from 120,000 feet would theoretically reach a supersonic speed of over 700mph. Two daredevils of the skies are racing to break the sound barrier – and face unknown hazards in their attemptWe know this. At around 120,000 feet, on the fringes of space, the air is so …
Opening batsman claims team-mates involved in fixing 'almost every match', according to News of the WorldPakistan Test opener Yasir Hameed claimed his team-mates were involved in fixing "almost every match", it was reported tonight as fresh allegations threatened to destabilise the cricket world and the Pakistan team.The batsman also claimed …
Of the two leading candidates, the older brother will offer a more credible challenge to the coalitionIt is four months since British voters expelled Labour and Gordon Brown from power. Only last week did party members get their ballot papers for the election of a new leader.In May, the advantages …
Iranian woman facing death for adultery to be whipped despite Times apologising for using picture of another personIran has reportedly sentenced Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani – the 43-year-old Iranian woman who faces execution after being convicted of adultery – to 99 lashes in prison for "spreading corruption and indecency" after allowing …
City's 400,000 residents told to stay indoors overnight to avoid danger of aftershocks after 7.1-magnitude quakeNew Zealand police have imposed an overnight curfew in Christchurch following the powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck the country's South Island last night.Police said the curfew was intended to protect the city's 400,000 people …
Group to seek full inquest into 2003 death of scientist who cast doubt on government's claims over Iraq weaponsA group of doctors are making a fresh bid to force an inquest into the death of the weapons inspector David Kelly.Legal papers are expected to be submitted to the attorney general, …
Former prime minister attacked by anti-war protesters in Dublin as he promotes memoirsViolence has broken out at the first public signing for Tony Blair's memoirs, with anti-war protesters hurling shoes and eggs at the former prime minister.The projectiles did not hit Blair as he arrived at a bookshop in Dublin, …
Around 1.4 million taxpayers owe up to £5,000 after computer system finds PAYE underpayments totalling £2bnNearly 6 million people in the UK are to be told they have paid the wrong amount of tax, with some facing bills demanding up to £5,000 in extra payments.Around 1.4 million people will be …