The Times obituary: Richard Beeston
Indefatigable foreign correspondent for The Times who vividly documented the unfolding terror in Lebanon, Iraq and Chechnya [...] Read more ...
Indefatigable foreign correspondent for The Times who vividly documented the unfolding terror in Lebanon, Iraq and Chechnya [...] Read more ...

Preview followed by live coverage of Sunday's game between West Brom and Manchester United n the Premier League. Read more ...
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Live text and radio commentary as England aim to extend their lead over New Zealand on the fourth day of the first Test at Lord's. Read more ...

DWP suffers new setback after order to publish names of businesses and charities hosting unemployed people on work schemes [...] Read more ...
There are Conservatives who need routine evidence of treason to justify perpetual rebellion against their leader. Read more ...

It is up to consumers and voters to change the lousy behaviour of big banks, energy giants and internet multinational. They will not change by themselves [...] Read more ...

Former chancellor launches scathing attack on David Cameron and says Euroscepticism is 'infecting party soul' [...] Read more ...
Indefatigable foreign correspondent for The Times who vividly documented the unfolding terror in Lebanon, Iraq and Chechnya [...] Read more ...

Pressure continued to mount on the Conservative leadership over claims an ally of David Cameron described grassroots activists as "mad, swivel-eyed loons" who forced Tory MPs to adopt hardline stances on divisive issues. Party co-chairman Lord Feldman was forced strenuously to deny making the alleged comments after rumours swirled on the internet t [...] Read more ...

Rising private rents, lack of affordable housing, benefit cuts and low levels of home-building force costly short-term solution, investigation finds [...] Read more ...

Syrian government forces surround the rebel town of Qusair with opposition activists saying at least 16 people have been killed. Read more ...
Last night’s Eurovision was, as always, a collision of music, culture and politics. As always, the official British entry was dire – but, as always, the hand of Britain’s world-class… [...] Read more ...

Mandelson says anti-EU Tories are threatening to 'burn down the house' unless David Cameron caves into their demands [...] Read more ...

Last week Ed Miliband stood up at the Progress annual conference and delivered what was easily the worst speech of his leadership. Indeed, in the view of several commentators, one of the worst speeches ever delivered by a major British political leader. It was rambling, incoherent and devoid of even the most basic intellectual consistency. [...] [...] Read more ...

Tory rebellion on amendment to grant civil partnerships to heterosexual couples will 'cost £4bn and take two years' [...] Read more ...

In Logical Journey of the Zoombinis, a children's computer game for teaching maths, there is one level called the "Pizza Pass". You have to cook a pizza for three trolls, who usually spit it out, saying: "There's something on there that I don't like!" You keep trying different ingredients, until you find the combination that satisfies all the troll [...] Read more ...

In the second part of his special report, Chris McGreal meets President Paul Kagame in Kigali – and finds him angry [...] Read more ...

Retailer accused of running scheme where goods are shipped to Europe from UK – but invoiced to Irish subsidiary at lower rate [...] Read more ...

A Sunday Mirror investigation has discovered sickening rants on the Facebook pages of party officials [...] Read more ...

Anthony Denselow reports on the captured pirates who end up in the tiny island nation of Seychelles. Read more ...

Nick Cohen: Britain's reluctance to pursue multinationals risks turning us into another Italy [...] Read more ...

The Prime Minister put his reputation on the line by backing his Oxford University pal Lord Feldman. But The Mail on Sunday can disclose that Mr Cameron was accused of using the same 'swivel-eyed’ jibe last year. Read more ...

Andrew Rawnsley: The Conservative factions are warring so zealously over Europe that a formal split in the party is not unthinkable [...] Read more ...

Labour leader urges David Cameron to work with G8 countries to force corporate giants to pay their fair share [...] Read more ...

HSBC’s chief global economist has written a compelling but dark account of the challenges facing the West. Philip Aldrick considers the chilling claims. Read more ...

The outgoing governor of the Bank of England warns a government plan to boost the housing market should not become permanent. Read more ...

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Richard Beeston, who has died aged 50, was a highly-acclaimed foreign correspondent for The Times, reporting from many of the world’s most dangerous trouble spots in a career spanning nearly 30 years. Read more ...

PoliticsHome - The latest political news, opinion and press releases live from Westminster [...] Read more ...

EXCLUSIVE: EVERY other Tory MP who hasn’t been a minister or aide has defied the party whip at least once since 2010 [...] Read more ...

The UK astronaut Tim Peake is given a date to fly to the International Space Station. Read more ...

An explosion is reported at a house in Newark, Nottinghamshire, with multiple casualties. Read more ...
There have been a rash of articles in the media lately concentrating on men, and what they want. Not "from women", but in life.There was Janice Turner's (@VictoriaPeckham) piece in the Times, which asked the amazingly spurious question "Why do men commit almost all the crime?"http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/columnists/janiceturner/article3768 [...] Read more ...
The latest from Bryan Haggerty (@bhaggs). Design Lead at Twitter. Bernal Heights, San Francisco [...] Read more ...

We are writing to Nigel Farage to demand that the racist UKIP councillor Chris Pain is immediately expelled from the party and is told to step down as a councillor. Read more ...

Reports claim board has approved move to buy blogging platform site that could catapult Yahoo back into top flight web firms [...] Read more ...