Mumbai death toll rises to 300 as more bodies are discovered
The death toll in the Mumbai terror attacks was estimated at around 300, as new piles of bodies were found yesterday after commandos stormed the Taj Mahal Palace hotel. The raid, in which the last three terrorists were killed, ended the four-day killing spree. Though the official death toll was 195, authorities acknowledge that scores of bodies have yet to be added. (Sunday Telegraph)
Robert Fox:West must sharpen its intelligence gathering 
Pakistanis to blame for attacks says India
According to Indian police sources, the sole surviving terrorist said that he and his fellow militants were all Pakistanis. Ajal Mohammed Amin Kasab, 21, who was caught on camera at Mumbai's CST train station, said that they all belonged to Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based jihadist group. Public anger is rising against Pakistan as it emerged that the terrorists had made phone calls to Pakistan from their boat, shortly before launching the attack. (The Observer)
In pictures: terror in Mumbai
Surveillance row escalates
The arrest of Damian Green threatens to turn into a major scandal about the surveillance of opposition MPs. It confirms longstanding Tory concerns over heavy handed security methods. Green's House of Commons office, and those of many of his colleagues, are regularly swept for electronic bugging devices. Conservative MPs have demanded the updating of the Wilson doctrine, the convention that protects MPs from phone-tapping. (Independent on Sunday)
The Mole: whiff of deniability at No 10 over Green arrest
Darling hints at further action
Alistair Darling has admitted that his radical measures to save the economy may not be enough. He will "almost certainly" have to administer a second dose, he said, adding that the situation "needs constant attention". A new poll shows the Tories holding on to a solid 11 per cent lead over Labour, and found that most people are unconvinced by the effectiveness of Darling's stimulus. (Observer)
The Mole: nervous MPs ask 'what's Plan B?'
Balls investigation blocked
Ed Balls is under investigation by the Electoral Commission: it is claimed that before he became an MP he worked for Gordon Brown while on the payroll of a charity. The investigation has been blocked by the Cabinet Office and the Treasury for the last six months, causing Tory outrage. "It would be a breach of electoral law if the charity was paying for someone who was actually working for Brown", said Chris Grayling, the shadow work and pensions secretary. (The Sunday Times)
People: Ed Balls's Oxford capers revealed
The Whitehall mole whose arrest triggered the arrest of Damian Green has been named as Chris Galley, a junior civil servant in the private office of Jacqui Smith, the home secreatry. He was arrested in a dawn raid 12 days ago. He is alleged to have told police that Green "induced" him to leak the documents. (Sunday Times)
People: Osborne rallies to the defence of Green
A motorist was in a critical condition last night after confronting a gang of teenagers he accused of vandalising his car. Peter Bryan, 65, is thought to have challenged the youths outside his home in Higham Ferrers, Northants, and followed them. Four youths have been arrested. (Sunday Telegraph)
Big Book: gang policy on a wing and a prayer
A nurse consultant working for the NHS in South Yorkshire has become the first to earn over £100,000. She took advantage of a new NHS initiative to bring down waiting lists by offering nurses extensive overtime, doubling her salary of £50,000. Dozens of nurses earn more than £60,000 a year, according to newly obtained figures. (The Sunday Times)
Tessa Jowell, the Olympics minister, has admitted that there is "justifiable anxiety" over tax rises on high earners. She said the Government should be clear that the raising of the top rate of income tax to 45p was not "the thin end of the wedge". Gordon Brown defended the policy yesterday, saying that high earners must "share the sacrifice". (Sunday Telegraph)
The Mole: tearing up the Blair tax promise is a gamble for Brown
Global warming will never be stopped, according to new research by top climate scientists. Carbon dioxide that is emitted now will continue to heat up the earth for hundreds of thousands of years, they say. The announcement comes just before Britain's Climate Change Committee outlines plans to reduce emissions by 80 per cent by 2050. (Independent on Sunday)
Whatever happened to the climate change consensus
Sharon Shoesmith, the senior council officer at the centre of the Baby P tragedy, will come under intense pressure to resign tomorrow when a report by national inspectors into the failings of Haringey Council is presented to Children's Secretary Ed Balls, who has promised that senior staff will be fully accountable. (Observer)
The Jersey care home and the dangers of mob rule
Barack Obama (left) is facing his first serious criticisms over appointments. Critics are focusing on the role to be played by Robert Rubin, a director at Citigroup and Clinton's former treasury secretary. Despite Citigroup's near collapse last week, Rubin is deemed to have huge influence on Obama's economic policy. (Observer)
Alexander Cockburn: a bleak familiarity hangs over Thanksgiving
American Transition: Is Obama playing it safe with his cabinet?
Stranded Britons were fleeing Thailand by any means available yesterday as political protesters tightened their grip on the airports with barbed wire and barricades. Riot police trying to end the occupation were driven away by masked men wielding slingshots and clubs. Inside the airports, thousands of yellow-clad men, women and children continued their protest. (Sunday Times)
Airport occupation is part of a wider struggle
The future for Zimbabwe's children is looking bleaker than ever, as a cholera epidemic rages out of control, and a malaria outbreak is expected to follow soon. The UN World Food Programme estimates that 5.1m Zimbabweans will need food aid by the end of the year. The annual inflation rate is 243m per cent. (Independent on Sunday)
Zimbabwe Today: reports from our man in Harare
In pictures: the cholera time bomb in Africa
Theo Paphitis (left), one of the stars of Dragons' Den, is among the possible bidders for Woolworths, which collapsed last week. Paphitis, who made his fortune turning around failing retailers, met Deloitte, the Woolworths administartor, on Friday. However, insiders say that the high-street chain is in such a dire state that Paphitis is unlikely to take the risk. (Sunday Telegraph)
The best of the business pages
Tesco will reveal its worst sales performance since the recession of the early 1990s this week - its third quarter like-for-like sales-growth is just 1.9 per cent. As well as the economic crisis, the figure reflects new competition from Asda and Sainsbury's, as well as discounters such as Aldi and Lidl. (Observer)
Microsoft is in talks to acquire Yahoo's online search business for $20bn. Under the complex arrangement a new management team, backed by Microsoft, would take control of Yahoo, but there is no intention to launch a renewed take-over bid, after the failure of such a plan this summer. (Sunday Times)
How Maradona censored Yahoo and Google
New poems have emerged written by Graham Greene (left) to his mistress Catherine Walston, shedding new light on the relationship that inspired his 1951 novel The End of the Affair. Greene had circulated the poems to a small circle of friends, but their existence has until now been a closely-guarded secret. (Sunday Telegraph)
Oasis mogul Alan McGee, a key figure in 'Cool Britannia', has turned on the Labour Party, saying that David Cameron would "undoubtedly" do a better job than "the f****** diabolical prime minister" and his party of "retards". He accused Brown of being partly responsible for the recession, having failed to regulate financial services as chancellor. (Sunday Times)
People: Tony Blair and his groovy friend
The future of the Turner Prize has been called into question, as many critics have agreed that it no longer showcases the best British art. According to David Lee, editor of The Jackdaw magazine, "in any generation there are only a handful of artists that are any good. Once they've won it, what are you going to do?"
Film and video artists dominate Turner shortlist
Novelist VS Naipaul (left) recently met an African witch doctor and was offered the chance to put a juju revenge curse on his muck-raking biographers. (Sunday Times)
Robert Quick, the police chief who ordered the raid on Tory frontbencher Damian Green's home, has worked closely with Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, advising her on the terror laws. (Mail on Sunday)
The Queen has reacted to the recession by ordering her chefs to use to use as many ingredients grown and farmed on palace grounds as possible. (Sunday Telegraph)
When violinist Nigel Kennedy played at Glastonbury in 2005 he demanded a special air-conditioned room for his dog, according to festival organiser Michael Eavis. (Sunday Times)
The controller of BBC1, Jay Hunt, has said that Jonathan Ross (left) is "a responsible broadcaster" who will emerge from the scandal "a slightly different individual". (Mail on Sunday)
Nicola Horlick is launching a new career as a Hollywood mogul: she is to be the executive producer of a film adaptation of her husband's novel Meltdown, about economic collapse. (Sunday Times)
Peter Mandelson yesterday called Gordon Brown "a Moses figure leading us from this economic mess to the promised land". It also emerged that Mandelson has blocked the publication of earlier criticisms he made of Brown. (Mail on Sunday)
Christopher Jamison, the Abbot of Worth Abbey, has accused Disney of "exploiting spirituality" to sell its products, and of turning Disneyland into a modern day pilgrimage site. (Sunday Times)
Tough-guy actor Ray Winstone (left) is thinking of leaving Britain due to increasing lawlessness. The country had "gone to hell" due to excessive leniency for offenders, he said. (Mail on Sunday)
Tana Ramsay, the wife of chef Gordon Ramsay who is accused of cheating on her, has her options limited by the fact that her father and other members of her family are closely involved in Ramsay's business, said a friend. (Observer)
Since Richard and Judy moved from Channel 4 to the cable channel Watch their prime-time audience has slumped to just 20,000 – low even by cable standards. (Independent on Sunday)
In a new documentary Britney Spears comes across as a responsible grown-up. "I was a pretty cool chick", she says, "I'm not really that way any more." (Independent on Sunday)
The marriage of actors Emilia Fox (left) and Jared Harris is at and end after just three years. "They are not suited to each other," said a friend. (Mail on Sunday)
Art critic Brian Sewell says that the Turner Prize can only be made interesting again if he is put on the judging panel. (Independent on Sunday)
Tubby telly favourite John Sergeant has swapped Cha Cha Cha for La La La – and recorded a song in a bid to be the Christmas No 1. Along with Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakly of The One Show, he has made a charity single called Let's Not Fight This Christmas. (News of the World)
Amy Winehouse's husband Blake Fielder-Civil admitted that he got his wife addicted to heroin, crack cocaine and self-harm, and vowed to end the marriage to save her life. "I ruined something beautiful," he tearfully confessed. (News of the World)
Lib-Dem leader Nick Clegg was overheard slating key colleagues on a crowded commuter flight. He revealed his dislike for Steve Webb, his environment spokesman, and said that home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne wasn't "emotionally intelligent" enough to replace Webb. (Sunday Mirror)
Guy Ritchie wants to open a pub in New York, so that he can spend more time with his children. Guy's London pub The Punchbowl is said to have caused tension with Madonna, as he preferred being there to studying Kabbalah with her. (Sunday Mirror)
Princes William and Harry have been ordered to keep a low profile this Christmas, so that their partying antics don't irritate recession-hit Brits. They might even forgo a trip to Klosters with their dad. (Mail on Sunday)
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