Financial crisis helps Brown cut Tory lead to single figures
Prime Minister Gordon Brown's credit crunch poll recovery continues after a new survey found he had cut the Conservatives' lead over Labour to single digits - down from 24 points five months ago. The Daily Telegraph/YouGov poll puts the Tories on 42 points, down three from the last survey,... [continued]
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The Mole: a Labour win in Glenrothes is no longer unthinkable
Jonathan Ross has been suspended without pay for three months by the BBC, and Lesley Douglas, the controller of Radio 2, has resigned in the wake of the row over prank calls to fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs. The suspension will cost Ross, the corporation's highest paid star, £1.3m.... [continued]
Zoe Williams: Ross and Brand saga brings out the loonies in us
People: Anna Ford wades into Ross and Brand controversy
McCain defiant as polls narrow
John McCain's Republican presidential campaign has gained some last minute momentum after it was claimed that a number of polls were tightening in his favour. Democrat Barack Obama still leads nationally, but his advantage is slender in key states like Florida, where he now has just a 3 per cent... [continued]
Prophet Obama smites king John McCain
US Election: neither candidate's tax plans add up
Red Cross warns of Congo crisis
The Red Cross says fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo has caused a humanitarian catastrophe as rebel leader Laurent Nkunda threatened to take the city of Goma unless UN peacekeepers guarantee a ceasefire. The threat came after a four-day offensive by Nkunda's Tutsi rebels that sent tens of... [continued]
In pictures: Congolese refugees flee heavy fighting
In pictures: Genocide in Rwanda
Barclays seeks Middle East cash
Barclays Bank has announced a proposal to raise up to £7.3bn, primarily from investors in the Middle East, to strengthen its balance sheet. The British bank hopes the money can be raised from the state investment funds and royal families of Qatar and Abu Dhabi as it does not... [continued]
A trillion reasons to be gloomy about the economy
A merger between HBOS and Lloyds would not be allowed in normal times
Bones found near Fossett crash site
Human bones have been found near the crash site of Steve Fossett's plane in California's Sierra Nevada. The adventurer's tennis shoes and driver's license have also been recovered. Madera County Sheriff John Anderson told a news conference that the bones had been found about a half-a-mile east of... [continued]
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