Police expected to quiz PM's aide The Metropolitan Police are likely to discuss new phone-hacking allegations with Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson, its assistant commissioner says. Read full story
Cell assault sergeant is jailed A police officer who was caught on CCTV injuring a woman by throwing her into a cell is jailed for six months. Read full story
Strike severely disrupts Tube Some services resume on the London Underground following severe disruption on the first morning of a series of 24-hour strikes. Read full story
Blitz commemorated at St Paul's Pilots, firefighters, nurses and ambulance workers gather 70 years after battling through eight months of bombing raids over Britain's industrial centres. Read full story
Carey heads up Booker shortlist Australian author Peter Carey, who has already won the Man Booker prize twice, has made the shortlist for this year's prize. Read full story
Diamond to be new Barclays chief Bob Diamond is to become chief executive of Barclays, while HSBC chairman Stephen Green steps down to become a government trade minister. Read full story
Pension rallies hit French cities Some 450,000 anti-government protesters join rallies across France and a national strike causes major disruption, amid rising anger over pension reforms. Read full story
Gillard to stay as Australian PM Julia Gillard is to remain as Australia's prime minister after winning the backing of two key independent MPs. Read full story
House group nears administration Nearly 10,000 jobs are at risk as the property and environmental services giant Connaught faces collapse. Read full story
UK slipping down graduate league The UK is slipping behind international rivals in university places, according to figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Read full story
Tax error letters start to arrive UK tax authorities are bracing themselves for a deluge of complaints and enquiries after sending out fresh tax calculations. Read full story
In praise of ... the blackberry | Editorial The fruit of the bramble is a delicious, guilt-free and ephemeral pleasureNot that one. The handheld gizmo with all the addictiveness, and few of the upsides, of a class A substance has just ruined your holiday. You're now going to have to reconnect with nature in between long hours at a desk. But h Read full story
Country diary: Peak District In Norfolk I have long grown accustomed to a very patchy distribution in our local swallows. Much of the vernacular architecture has been converted into residences or otherwise made unsuitable for these barn-dwelling creatures. The more pervasive use of insecticides in our arable county has also cut Read full story
Science Weekly podcast: Scientific feuds; Tevatron's stay execution; plus Stephen Hawking dismisses ... What happens when fierce scientific rivals go head to head? Joel Levy discusses some of history's most epic battles to discredit the work of colleagues. Do these often petty quarrels help or hinder the progress of science?Joel's book Scientific Feuds: From Galileo to the Human Genome Project is out Read full story
US rig owner Transocean accused of compromising safety in North Sea Unions argue that abusive behaviour and racism are widespread and wants shake-up of system in light of worsening safety recordTransocean, the American rig owner at the centre of BP's Gulf of Mexico oil spill, has been accused of compromising safety in the North Sea by "bullying, harassment and intim Read full story
Do we really hate foxes enough to wear them again? Fur stoles are being snapped up by lovers of vintage fashionBasil Brush beware - fox stoles, once disdained as gruesome artefacts of a crueller era, are back. Trendspotters report seeing increasing numbers on vintage lovers. And it's not just the pelts ? these are old-fashioned stoles, with little f Read full story
New facility helps reduce CO2 emissions in the east of England Read full story
Google and Galaxy Zoo could aid global climate project 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 Read full story
Rising wheat prices raise fears over UK commitment to biofuels Converting up to a fifth of UK wheat into biofuel will force prices even higher at a time of food shortages, warn criticsThe soaring price of wheat has raised questions about the UK's commitment to biofuels as it attempts to wean itself from its dependence on oil.A network of biorefineries that conv Read full story
A climate warning from the deep 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 dist Read full story
Overhaul factory farming to protect farmers and consumers Industrial farming causing food prices to rise Read full story
Bob Watson warns on embedded carbon emissions Prof. Bob Watson comments on embedded emissions. Read full story
