11 August 2010

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1.22am Blood diamonds

I had nothing to gain by lying to Charles Taylor trial, says Naomi Campbell

Model fights back after suggestions by her former agent that she had misled trial over blood diamonds
1.08am Blackpool

Seasiders move to stop Ian Holloway walking out on Blackpool

Blackpool have acted swiftly to stop Ian Holloway leaving the newly-promoted club
12.44am Exeter City

Exeter City striker Adam Stansfield loses his battle with cancer

Exeter City's 31-year-old striker Adam Stansfield died has died from stomach cancer
12.42am Washington DC

Washington thinktank says US right could learn from Cameron and Clegg

Cato Institute says Britain's coalition government has brought together the best traditions of British liberalism
12.41am Carling Cup

QPR dumped out of Carling Cup by Port Vale

Two goals from Justin Richards saw off Neil Warnock's side, while Leicester and Shrewsbury both reached the second round with 4-3 wins
12.25am Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin helps to tackle Russia's summer wildfires

The Russian prime minister joined firefighters for a carefully managed photo opportunity fighting the fires sweeping the western part of the country
12.14am Politics

Diary

Stephen Bates: Behold the miracle of Kampala. It's amazing what a little largesse from Wall Street can do
12.10am Football

Football quiz: England friendlies

Quiz
Today's questions are so money and they don't even know it ...
12.10am Local government

Bristol launches audio library book downloads

Bristol City Council has launched an audio books service that allows residents to download titles free from an online library
12.09am Carling Cup

Middlesbrough's Julio Arca snuffs out Chesterfield's ideas of revenge

Julio Arca put under-strength Middlesbrough in command against Chesterfield
12.06am England

Bobby Zamora ready to be England's new Emile Heskey – but with goals

The Fulham forward never stopped believing he would win an England cap but still had to check his call-up was not a hoax
12.06am Football

European Commission advised not to regulate agents

A European Commission report has said there is 'no overriding reason' why football agents should be regulated
12.06am England

A boycott by England fans would have hurt more than the boos

Paul Hayward: The real humiliation for England against Hungary tonight would have been the sight of empty seats
12.06am Manchester United

Manchester United try to spare Patrice Evra from French mutiny inquest

Manchester United want to block Patrice Evra's involvement in the French Football Federation's disciplinary hearing into the strike by their World Cup players
12.06am Andy Murray

Andy Murray will not rush to appoint a coach before US Open

Andy Murray has said he will wait 'as long as it takes' to find the right coach to turn him into a grand slam winner
12.06am Fabio Capello

Cornered Fabio Capello knows precisely how to square the circle

Rob Bagchi: Fabio Capello demonstrated his ability as an attacking mastermind when inspiring Milan and Roma to unlikely triumphs
12.06am Football

Have any footballers been transfer-listed or sacked for being overweight?

Plus: Footballers under hypnosis (2); the best name to give your baby a chance of pro football; and lying clubs
12.05am Colombia

Farc's 'Marxist rebels' are just drug dealers

Letters: The UN listed the Farc as among the world's most persistent violators of child soldiers, and the overwhelming majority of Colombians view them simply as terrorists
12.05am Private schools

A penalty, not a perk

Letters: Had I not been serving overseas we wouldn't have dreamed of sending our three children to boarding school
12.05am Public services policy

Backward steps for the 'big society'

Letters: The prime minister's many statements on the issue could be considered either worryingly uneducated about the nature of civil society, or recklessly ideological
12.05am Nuclear weapons

Hiroshima, Israel and nuclear tests

Letters: Despite the fact that Israel has undoubtedly received considerable atomic assistance from the US, there are no published details of Israel actually testing a nuclear device
12.05am UK news

VisitBritain tells Londoners how to welcome visitors to 2012 Olympics

Tourism agency sets out tips including never calling a Canadian an American and warning 'Arabs can take offence very easily'
12.05am Vince Cable

Vince Cable's power and principles

Letters: Though I hate much of what the coalition is doing I shall continue to support the Lib Dems. The more the party retains electoral support, the more it can stand up to the Tories
12.05am Brief letters

In search of eccuracy

Letters: My granddaughters are bilingual in Pom and Kiwi
12.05am England v Pakistan 2010

Stuart Broad's petulance doesn't taint his or England's character

Duncan Fletcher: The fast bowler cracked under frustration, not pressure, when he threw the ball at Pakistan's Zulqarnain Haider at Edgbaston
12.05am Work & careers

Defending jobs and services must be our current priority

Response: The fight against a world dominated by work cannot begin during an economic crisis, says Candy Udwin
12.05am Data management

'Climategate' university to open up data

The University of East Anglia is to receive Jisc funding for a project to open up its research on global warming to scrutiny and re-use
12.05am Comedy

Audio: The Amnesty International Comedy Podcast from the Edinburgh festival: episode 3

Audio (24min 47sec)
Arj Barker, Stephen K Amos, Sammy J and Susan Calman feature in the latest Amnesty International Comedy Podcast from the Edinburgh Fringe 2010, introduced by Jason Manford
12.04am Environment

Country diary: Wenlock Edge

Paul Evans: Wenlock Edge
12.04am Radio

Radio head: Promised Land

This tale of a fugitive journalist's escape from Eritrea was one long adrenalin rush, writes Elisabeth Mahoney
12.04am Wildlife

Notes and queries

From tiny eggs, tiny fruit flies will grow; Do placebos really work? Croydon slugs' favourite veg
12.04am Corrections and clarifications

Corrections and clarifications

Poorest students and Oxbridge | 20,000 new university places | UK Border Agency deportation scheme | Pete Doherty
12.04am Poker

A hand that still haunts me

I can't stop thinking about one particular incident at the World Series
12.01am Liberal-Conservative coalition

Spending cuts: first blood

Editorial: The coalition is putting the cart before the horse by brokering department cuts before deciding what needs to be done
12.01am Afghanistan

The killing fields of Afghanistan

Editorial: US forces are at last learning how to fight this war, but like Vietnam, they have run out of road back home
12.01am Pubs

In praise of ... community pubs

Editorial: A fund to help communities buy their local pubs has been axed. Why? Not cost, and nor can it be through lack of demand
12.01am Vince Cable

Vince Cable runs smallest ministerial office, league table claims

Business secretary has half the staff of Caroline Spelman at Defra and a third of the staff of foreign secretary William Hague
12.01am UK security and terrorism

ASA watchdog bans 'offensive' anti-terror hotline radio advert

Broadcast by Association of Chief Police Officers urged listeners to report neighbours who avoided company
12.01am Medical research

Antibiotics' efficiency wanes due to global spread of drug-resistant bacteria

Gene giving high levels of resistance to drugs found in increasingly prevalent intestinal bacteria
12.01am Animal behaviour

Orangutans use mime to make themselves understood

Videos show apes released back into the wild make mimicking gestures to convey information or as a trick
12.01am Life and style

Sudoku 1,637 medium

Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9
12.01am Health policy

Ben Jennings on the health of the government

Cartoon
In the latest instalment of the Guardian's showcase of new cartoonists, Ben Jennings comments on the health of the current government
12.00am Cancer

Breath test to detect cancer may be possible, say scientists

Study reveals prototype device could identify disease and differentiate between its four most common forms
12.00am Crosswords

Cryptic crossword No 25,086

Cryptic crossword No 25,086
12.00am Crosswords

Quick crossword No 12,559

Quick crossword No 12,559