Monday, 30 January 2012

The Week
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main headlinePhew! Surely Stephen Hester will get his knighthood now

By declining his £1m shares bonus, Hester may have helped Cameron avert a national strike

Honour killing: Afghan family drowned three teenage sisters

'May the devil shit on their grave' father was caught saying after pushing girls' car into Canadian canal

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main headlineTen Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 30 Jan 2012

Stephen Hester refuses RBS bonus, Boris Johnson asks government to give guidance on smacking children, prison inmates taunt victims on Facebook

In pictures: Tough Guys brave fire and ice in Staffordshire

Thousands take part in annual Tough Guy challeng

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main headlineTaliban talks: breakthrough for peace or mission impossible?

Historic moment as Mullah Omar agrees to talk to Kabul regime face to face, not through proxies

Franzen says ebooks are not compatible with justice

Printed books are 'hated by capitalists', says author, but serious readers prefer them

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main headline'UK has no industry' Sarkozy says in pre-Brussels interview

'Sneering' Sarkozy comes out fighting on French TV as Hollande and girlfriend pile on the pressure

US bidding war to get Pippa Middleton on top chat show

It must be true - it's in the Sunday papers: from Pippa on the TV couch to the bra queen leaving Scotland

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