Brown prepares for key speech
Gordon Brown will today try to convince his party that he is still the right person to lead Labour at the next election, when he gives what is being billed as the most important speech of his life - or at least his political career - after months of heavy... [continued]
The Mole: Few are fooled as Miliband pays homage to an inspirational PM 
Father killed girls after suicide call
A man who is thought to have smothered his two young daughters before killing himself had earlier telephoned his estranged partner that "the children have gone to sleep for ever", a family friend said yesterday. David Cass is believed to have killed Ellie, 3, and Isobel, 14 months (pictured) on... [continued]
Jury retraces de Menezes’ last steps
The jury at the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes, the Brazilian electrician shot dead by police marksmen three years ago, are to trace his last steps. The six women and five men will visit key locations including Stockwell Tube station where the 27-year-old was killed after... [continued]
US bail-out sends shares tumbling
Shares in the Asia-Pacific and London have dived amid growing uncertainty over the real effect a $700 billion US government financial bail-out will have on America's economy. India's BSE index fell 1.95 per cent in early trading while Hong Kong's HSI dropped 2.7 per cent, and Sydney lost around two... [continued]
Japan's return from financial meltdown
Goldman and Morgan risk losing star traders
Welcome to Wall Street’s cash machine
ANC deputy poised to step in
South Africa's ruling African National Congress has indicated that its deputy leader, Kgalema Motlanthe, is likely to become the interim president after Thabo Mbeki resigned on Saturday. The selection of Motlanthe, a prominent trade unionist, will not be formally confirmed until Thursday when Parliament can vote in the new president.... [continued]
Jacob Zuma unzipped: a cartoon too far?
Obama and McCain start rehearsals
US Presidential rivals Barack Obama and John McCain are preparing for their three televised debates, the first of which will take place at the University of Mississippi on Friday. Obama has decamped to Tampa, Florida to take part in intensive rehearsals, with one of his advisers standing in for McCain... [continued]
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