Seven face bomb plot retrial
Seven British men accused of plotting to blow up passenger planes over the Atlantic with liquid bombs could face a retrial. Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar and Tanvir Hussain were found guilty of conspiracy to murder after a five month trial but the jury was unable to return verdicts... [continued]
The US must never be allowed to blow a British terror probe again 
Scientists fire up Big Bang machine
The world's biggest physics experiment got underway this morning, as scientists attempt to recreate the Universe's first moments after the Big Bang. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a 27km-long circular tunnel which runs under the French-Swiss border. After 14 years of work by 10,000 scientists, at around 8am engineers... [continued]
Robert Matthews: LHC could be the end of the world - for physics
In pictures: back with a bang
Poll finds foreigners prefer Obama
People outside the United States would prefer Barack Obama to become president, a poll of 22,500 people in 22 countries has found. The BBC World Service poll showed that in 17 countries, more people felt that US relations with the rest of the world would improve under Obama, the Democratic... [continued]
Peregrine Worsthorne: McCain's choice of Palin is inexcusable
US election: latest news, gossip and analysis
N Korea dismisses Kim Jong Il ‘plot’
North Korea has denied that Kim Jong Il is unwell, after the reclusive leader failed to turn up at a celebration of the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the communist state. North Korean diplomats called reports that the 66-year-old supreme dictator may have suffered a stroke or similar health... [continued]
Govt backs £1bn deal to cut bills
Energy companies are to fund the bulk of an additional £1 billion for energy efficiency measures over the next three years - the biggest government-backed programme to modernise household energy use for more than four decades. Gordon Brown is likely to announce tomorrow that 11 million homes will be... [continued]
The Mole: Latest news from Downing Street
New rules on recruiting workers
New rules on immigration will see skilled ballet dancers and sheep shearers recruited from outside the European Union, while their fellow countrymen and women in occupations such as care home workers, doctors and secondary school teachers will no longer be eligible to apply. The points-based immigration system, which... [continued]
Blair relieves Ghaffur of his duties
Britain's most senior ethnic minority officer Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur has been relieved of his duties after bringing a racial discrimination case against the Metropolitan Police and its commissioner, Sir Ian Blair. Blair announced yesterday that he was temporarily suspending Ghaffur with immediate effect. Ghaffur - who has... [continued]
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