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10.02pm Gun crime
Discovery Channel hostage taker James Lee is author of eco-rant
Richard Adams: James Lee, named as hostage taker at Discovery Channel building, has a bizarre record of targeting the TV network
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10.00pm Pakistan cricket betting scandal
Pakistan cricket trio are unlikely to face criminal charges
The three Pakistan cricketers at the centre betting allegations are highly unlikely to face criminal charges, legal experts have said -
10.00pm Labour
Growth deniers and deficit deniers. Let the battle begin
Larry Elliott: In the impending economic debate Labour must ensure it defeats the ideology of George Osborne's austerians -
10.00pm Scotland
Scotland must learn lesson of failures past, says James McFadden
James McFadden said Scotland need to get off to a good start in their Euro 2012 qualifier against Lithuania -
10.00pm Culture
Doug Stanhope
Leicester Square Theatre, London
Doug Stanhope says that it's because he has lost hope, that his standup is getting worse. I wish I could persuade him otherwise. He's a thrilling comic, writes Brian Logan -
9.59pm Television & radio
U Be Dead's inconvenient truths
U Be Dead is a TV drama based on the real-life case of a stalker and her victims. But bringing the shocking story to the screen gave writer Gwyneth Hughes some unexpected problems -
9.59pm Technology
The player: are games the opposite of stories?
Naomi Alderman: It's not that simple – often they give us the chance to create our own stories -
9.56pm Barcelona
Javier Mascherano blames Liverpool 'lies' for acrimonious exit
Barcelona's £20m midfielder Javier Mascherano has said Liverpool were to blame for the controversial nature of his exit from Anfield -
Derbyshire bowl out Gloucestershire to complete stunning comeback
Round-up: Derbyshire bowled out Gloucestershire to complete a stunning comeback after first innings of 44 -
9.48pm Tony Blair
Tony Blair's prescription for economy rejected by Labour candidates
David and Ed Miliband distance themselves from former PM's statement of support for coalition's deficit strategy -
9.45pm Culture
White
Traverse @ Scottish Book Trust
White is a beautifully acted and neatly thought-out show for two to four-year-olds, about the concepts of colour and transformation, as cleverly executed as a conjuring trick, writes Lyn Gardner -
9.45pm Opera
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9.41pm Health
'There are cases of women having 15 miscarriages and never having a baby'
Foreign secretary William Hague has revealed his wife has suffered 'multiple miscarriages'. Only when a woman suffers three do doctors refer her to a gynaecologist or specialist miscarriage clinic -
Andy Coulson discussed phone hacking at News of the World, report claims
New York Times publishes allegations that PM's media adviser 'actively encouraged' unlawful practice while editor -
9.31pm William Hague
Speculation, lurid sex claims and William Hague's very public outpouring
The foreign secretary, William Hague, was forced to act amid an intense swirl of innuendo over his private life -
9.30pm Theatre
Billy Liar – still in town
Billy Liar, a story of smalltown frustration, captivated a generation, pre-empted the 60s – and even inspired Oasis. As the stage play returns, Laura Barton asks Tom Courtenay and Julie Christie why it endures -
9.30pm Culture
Oikos
Jellyfish, London
The tale of a flooded Thames disaster – along with the ingenuity behind the recycled theatre's 'junkitecture' space – combine to make a moving lesson for us all, writes Michael Billington -
9.30pm Comedy
Talk politics, lose a crowd
Brian Logan: Standup is too cosy. What happened to the kind of comedy that wants to change the world? -
9.25pm William Hague
Christopher Myers: the man in the spotlight
Profile of 25-year-old adviser facing allegations over his relationship with William Hague during election campaign -
9.11pm William Hague
William Hague denies gay affair rumours as aide quits
Foreign secretary releases personal statement to kill off 'untrue and deeply distressing' rumours of relationship with adviser -
9.07pm Manchester United
Owen Hargreaves included in Manchester United's 25-man squad
The England midfielder Owen Hargreaves has been included in Manchester United's 25-man Premier League squad despite his ongoing injury troubles -
9.00pm Labour
Blair the zealot: a mindset closer to a pathology than politics
John Harris: New Labour dogma pervades Tony Blair's biography. Bringing it into the leadership race is a depressing mistake -
9.00pm Tony Blair
The world according to Tony Blair
Torture, sex with Cherie and the royal family: it's a real rollercoaster with the former prime minister
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8.56pm Tottenham Hotspur
Rafael van der Vaart leaves no place for Jonathan Woodgate at Tottenham
Rafael van der Vaart's arrival has left no place for Jonathan Woodgate in Tottenham's 25-man squad
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8.55pm United States
The hostage taker (and my commute)
Just our luck, this headline-grabbing hostage-taker in the US is a left-wing nut.
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8.54pm Chile
Chile rescuers divided over how much to tell trapped miners
Controversy erupts over attempts to keep trapped miners' spirits up by censoring bad news in newspapers and family letters -
8.53pm William Hague
Tories offer support to William Hague despite concerns over poor judgment
Senior Conservatives believe William Hague has made two key mistakes: appointing Christopher Myers as special adviser and sharing a twin room with him during the election campaign -
8.52pm Lehman Brothers
Defiant Dick Fuld blames false rumours and the Fed for collapse of Lehman
Boss of Lehman Brothers attacks regulator for lack of action, but admits: 'I myself did not see the depth and violence of the crisis' -
Somerset security high as Pakistan take flak from sponsors
Somerset hope security measures will guard against any unrest at the warm-up match against the scandal-hit Pakistan side -
8.49pm United States
Gunman takes hostage at Discovery Channel headquarters
Man is reported to have packages resembling explosives but there are no confirmed reports of any injuries -
8.46pm Food & drink industry
Burger King could be swallowed up
Cartoon
Private equity thought to have developed appetite for fast food chain
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8.44pm Everton
Mikel Arteta's chances of playing for England are dashed
The Everton midfielder Mikel Arteta's hopes of playing for England are destined to end in disappointment -
8.44pm Andy Murray
Andy Murray breezes past Lukas Lacko in US Open first round
Andy Murray will take on Jamaica's Dustin Brown – who wants to play Davis Cup tennis for Great Britain – in the second round -
8.34pm Business
US manufacturing data pushes FTSE higher
Andrew Lapthorne, who crunches numbers for Société Générale, reckons consensus forecasts for corporate earnings are 'out of kilter with economic reality' -
8.33pm William Hague
The dark side of gay liberation
Julian Glover: Officially no one cares about a politician's sexuality. The William Hague case shows that isn't true -
8.32pm Top Gear
The Stig: high court judge unmasks mystery Top Gear driver
BBC fails to win injunction preventing publication of autobiography by Ben Collins who has played character since 2003 -
8.31pm Tesco
Tesco bids to increase dominance of Asian market with basket of Carrefour stores
Tesco, already the biggest supermarket retailer in Thailand and Malaysia, wants to add 61 Carrefour stores to its Asian portfolio -
8.30pm Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett: 'I'm open to joy. But I'm also more cynical'
Discworld's creator tells Aida Edemariam about his new novel, living with Alzheimer's – and why he should be allowed to decide when to end it all -
8.26pm Business
Different cultures of Man and GLG
A big welcome, please, for Emmanuel "Manny" Roman, one of the dynamic and very wealthy trio behind GLG -
8.23pm US Manufacturing data
Rise in US industrial output drives markets higher
Fresh signs of weakness in the US labour market is likely to increase speculation that the Federal Reserve will resume its quantitative easing programme -
8.17pm Business
Dick Fuld blames the Fed: we should have expected that
We should know by now what to expect from Dick Fuld but it still takes the breath away to hear him say he was "proud" to have been Lehman Brothers' chairman -
8.11pm World news
Ferrari recalls 458 Italias after a spate of fires
£170,000 supercars have design fault which can make them burst into flames -
8.10pm Tony Blair
Tony Blair's memoirs: Gordon Brown holds fire over old rival's criticisms
Battle that dominated decade of Labour government reopened as former PM's draft of history becomes instant bestseller -
8.09pm Tony Blair
Tony Blair memoirs: Sex, war, Carole Caplin and George Bush
Guardian writers analyse Tony Blair's take on the subjects, people and events that feature in his memoirs, A Journey -
8.00pm Disability
Wishful thinking won't bring equality for disabled people
Zoe Williams: Many Britons believe the battle's been won. But the defeat of prejudice takes effort and doesn't move in a simple direction -
8.00pm Horse racing
Amazing Hereford gamble on Am I Blue demands full investigation
Will Hayler: Am I Blue landed an amazing gamble at Hereford after three woeful efforts, which must now be examined by officials -
7.50pm Tony Blair
Tony Blair's A Journey becomes instant bestseller
Waterstone's says autobiography has enjoyed 'unprecedented' sales for its genre on first day of publication -
7.42pm US economy
Burger King could be snapped up by private equity firm
Burger King is in talks with a number of potential buyers including Britain's 3i Group, according to media reports -
7.39pm UK news
Inquest jury condemns secret bomb test that killed MoD scientist Terry Jupp
Poor planning and risk assessment blamed for fireball that resulted in death at trials to gauge al-Qaida's capabilities -
7.36pm Tony Blair
Tony Blair memoirs: A Journey sparks anger at 'self pity and mockery'
• Ex-PM's legacy is as 'warmonger on money trail' – union chiefs
• Critics slate Blair's 'casino capitalists' and 'cynicism' over Iraq -
7.34pm 3D
Sony and Vue deal will see more 3D films shown in British cinemas
3D films will soon be on show at more British cinemas following a deal announced today between Sony and Vue Entertainments -
7.29pm Books
The war and the cliches: the sofa syntax of people-friendly Tony
The doggedly demotic tone of Blair's A Journey becomes strained only in the passages about Iraq. Needless to say -
7.25pm Afghanistan
Afghanistan tries to prevent run on its biggest bank
Authorities remove two Kabul Bank executives amid allegations of corruption and mismanagement -
7.23pm NHS
NHS trust chiefs offered £130,000 payout to quit
Health service managers to receive year's salary as lump sum if they volunteer to leave instead of waiting for possible redundancy -
7.07pm Zimbabwe
After Robert Mugabe
Blessing-Miles Tendi: The president's health is in the spotlight – and it is hardline generals who are set to determine the face of Zimbabwe's future -
7.04pm UK news
MI6 employee's body was in padlocked holdall, inquest told
Cause of Gareth Williams's death yet to be established but inquest officially reveals details for the first time -
6.58pm Borders
Borders sees sharp fall in revenue
The continuing woes of the book industry were underscored when the US retail chain Borders, which pulled out of Britain last year, said its losses had increased amid sharply falling revenues -
6.56pm West Ham United
Cash-starved West Ham miss out on Yakubu Ayegbeni and Marc Wilson
West Ham hopes of avoiding a relegation struggle were hampered by their failure to secure Yakubu Aiyegbeni and Marc Wilson -
6.49pm Tony Blair
Digested read: Tony Blair A Journey
WMDs, George Bush, Cherie and Gordo: Tony Blair's memoir in just 818 words!
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6.29pm Sony
Sony Qriocity service takes on Apple iTunes with streaming music and video
Subscription-based Sony Qriocity service to be available in UK though PlayStation 3s and other Sony devices this year -
6.28pm Venice film festival
Black Swan makes a splash at Venice film festival
Drugs, murder and lesbian sex feature in Darren Aronofsky's unconventional take on world of classical ballet -
6.27pm William Hague
William Hague denies gay rumours as adviser quits
Hague issues statement in response to press and internet speculation about his marriage and his relationship with a special adviser, Chris Myers, who has today resigned -
6.26pm Hargreaves Lansdown
Hargreaves Lansdown profits surge
Hargreaves Lansdown, Britain's biggest retail broker, benefited from a big increase in funds under management and a more buoyant stock market -
6.26pm Middle East
Obama vows Hebron killings will not deflect pursuit of peace
US president condemns 'senseless slaughter' of four Israeli settlers in West Bank as talks with Middle East leaders begin -
6.26pm Palestinian territories
West Bank partially sealed off after Israeli settler killings
Palestinian residents instructed not to travel through the area during the funerals of the four settlers 'to prevent clashes' -
6.18pm Horse racing
Win VIP tickets to the William Hill Ayr Gold Cup
Competition
Answer a simple question and you could be on your way to a top day out at the races
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6.17pm Art and design
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6.15pm Painting
Gallery director defends decision to swap Gainsborough for African works
First black director of collection at National Gallery in Cape Town accused of 'Wal-Marting South African art' -
6.12pm Greenpeace
Facebook faces campaign to switch to renewable energy
Social networking site under fire over intention to run giant new data centre mainly on coal-powered electricity -
6.11pm Pakistan
Pakistan bomb attacks leave 14 dead and 100 injured in Shia procession
Triple blasts in Lahore end lull in violence after floods as militants and 'civilians' die in air raids near Afghan border -
6.10pm Comedy
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6.08pm Iraq
Iraq war: the conflict in statistics
As US combat troops pull out of Iraq, we pull together the key datasets of the war from 2003 to 2010
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6.06pm Film
Clip Joint: ventriloquists
Stitch the lip and swap one glove for a puppet as Alexandra Coghlan mumbles through the best ventriloquists on film
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6.00pm Barack Obama
Obama's speech: the media verdict
Dan Kennedy: Politically astute, the president's address won grudging praise from critics, but was too passionless to influence his doubters
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5.59pm Tony Blair
Tony Blair endorses our economic policies, claim Tories
Conservatives say the former PM's memoir offers a clear endorsement of the coalition government's plans to cut the deficit -
5.58pm European Union
EU keen to strike deal with Muammar Gaddafi on immigration
Commission chiefs to hold talks with Libya over Gaddafi's demand for €5bn a year to stop Europe turning 'black' -
5.56pm Tennis
Victoria Azarenka collapses in the heat at US Open
The No10 seed, Victoria Azarenka, has collapsed in the searing heat in New York and left the court in a wheelchair
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5.55pm Guardian careers
I've got a creative degree — is there any hope for me in the job market?
Don't panic! Reflecting on your degree can help you — and employers — understand where you fit in the world of work
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5.55pm Teaching
Margaret Gray obituary
Other lives: Girls' school headteacher who listened and empathised while defending equal opportunities -
5.46pm Standard Life
Insurance group Standard Life to axe 600 jobs in major overhaul
Insurance and pensions group Standard Life is to cut 600 jobs over the next 15 months as part of a major overhaul of the business -
5.46pm Other lives
Ellen Luby obituary
Other lives: North London political activist and champion of the rights of working people -
5.38pm Work & careers
Reconnecting work with the art of living
Ruth Potts: Reducing the working week would not just tackle inequality, it would give us the time to think about what we do with our lives
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5.38pm Other lives
Maurice Gould obituary
Other lives: A former professional musician, he entertained wartime troops and was still playing violin aged 96 -
5.38pm Business
Wall Street and miners help FTSE 100 to a strong close
So, according to the old City adage, traders should sell in May and then go away for their summer breaks. Late last month they started to drift back into the market hunting for bargains. Over the past two days, however, they have returned with a vengeance.
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5.33pm Science
The blue revolution at BBC Science
Martin Robbins: With the BBC now providing links to scientific research, will 2010 be the year science journalists discover the web link?
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5.33pm Russia
Mystery over Russian general found dead on Turkish beach
Russian media question official version of death of Yuri Ivanov, that he died going for a swim -
5.32pm BlackBerry
BlackBerry wins the battle but not the war in India
Ban still looms despite temporary truce after maker RIM grants authorities access to 'secure' data passed between devices. By Josh Halliday -
5.30pm Apple
Apple press conference – live coverage
Apple is expected to announce "social streaming" for iTunes, an update on iPods and (possibly) more on AppleTV. Stay with us from 6pm.
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5.26pm William Hague
Full statement: Hague responds to rumours
Full personal statement issued on behalf of the foreign secretary, William Hague -
5.21pm Extra
Go on a spending spree with a £500 prize to spend in Coast
It's time to shop for that autumn wardrobe
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5.21pm Extra
Coast shopping spree prize
With the change of season almost upon us, there's no better time to win £500 to spend at Coast, where you can stock up on their new autumn collection
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5.18pm United States
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5.11pm Film
Cannes winner Uncle Boonmee panned by French film critics
It won the Palme d'Or, but Parisian critics have now turned on Thai film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, labelling it 'pointless, obscure and excruciatingly boring' -
5.09pm Extra
Football Weekly is coming to Liverpool
Join James Richardson and the rest of the team to watch Blackpool take on Manchester City
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5.09pm US Open tennis
Andy Murray v Lukas Lacko - live!
Game-by-game report: Can the British No1 make serene progress as he begins his hunt for a major title at his favourite grand-slam event?
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5.08pm Extra
Football Weekly is coming to Liverpool
Watch newly promoted Blackpool take on Manchester City with James Richardson and the rest of the crew in The Fly in Loaf pub
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5.02pm Baby P
Sharon Shoesmith given leave to appeal court ruling on dismissal
Ed Balls' conduct criticised as judge rules that Shoesmith will pay only fraction of £350,000 costs -
4.57pm Obituaries
Letter: Raymond Hawkey obituary
Clive Irving writes: I was features editor of the Daily Express when Raymond Hawkey (obituary, 31 August) arrived at the paper, which was then at the height of its success in the late 1950s. -
4.57pm Economic policy
The Business podcast: Choice
Audio (29min 06sec)
Choice is at the foundation of our economic system, but is having lots of it always a good thing? Sheena Iyengar, Andrew Lilico, Renata Salecl and Julian Glover discuss
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4.52pm The Guardian Open Platform
Event: enter to win free tickets to Flash on the Beach in Brighton, 27-29 September 2010
The Open Platform is excited to be media partner of Flash on the Beach, and we've got four tickets to the conference (27-29 September at the beautiful Brighton Dome) to give away to readers.
To be in a chance of winning, all you need to do is enter your details below. We'll be contacting the winners the week commencing the 13th September.
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4.51pm Science
Sex education, STIs and politicians make a toxic combination
Evan Harris: Should our response to the rising number of sexually transmitted infections be a call for more ignorance, as one MP appears to believe?
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4.50pm BBC
BBC pensions: Mark Thompson's email to staff
The BBC director general's email to staff concerning the coporation's pensions proposals -
4.49pm Radiohead
Radiohead lend their music to fan-made live DVD
Thom Yorke's band said to be impressed with edited concert footage filmed by 50 fans in Prague last year -
4.47pm Lehman Brothers
US financial crisis panel grills Lehman boss Dick Fuld - as it happened
The former Lehman Brothers chief executive Dick Fuld was in the hotseat today for a quizzing over the bank's spectacular 2008 collapse at a hearing of America's bipartisan Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in Washington
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4.36pm Art and design
Guardian Camera Club: Joshua Wyborn's portfolio
Gallery (6 pictures)
A review of Joshua Wyborn's portfolio
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4.35pm BBC
BBC staff vote for strike over pensions
Members of three unions at the BBC have voted by more than 90% for strike action over changes to their pensions. By Jason Deans -
4.32pm Health & wellbeing
Life on the waiting list: action stations
Eight years ago James Hipwell received a kidney from his brother. Now he prepares to go into surgery again, this time alongside his wife Rachel
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4.31pm West Brom
Premier League 25-man squad lists: West Brom leave out Luke Moore
West Brom name their 25-man squad for the first half of the new Premier League season -
4.30pm Art and design
Guardian Camera Club: Skinny Piggy on pet photography
Skinny Piggy participates in the pet photography monthly assignment
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4.29pm Art and design
Guardian Camera Club: Andrew Rennison on pet photography
Andrew Rennison participates in the pet photography monthly assignment
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4.27pm Guardian careers
Live Q&A: Acing your teacher training
What does it take to be top of the class as a trainee teacher? Ask our experts tomorrow at 1pm
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4.22pm Electronic music
Does Nicolas Jaar's music defy description?
Tony Naylor: The New Yorker blends electronic music with Ethiopian jazz and South American rhythms, but refuses the ethno-techno tag. So how to describe his debut single, The Student? -
4.21pm Tony Blair
Tony Blair memoir: Alastair Campbell defends former boss
Former PM's book gets enthusiastic review from former spin doctor, who also rebuts claims that Blair deliberately timed his book to tie in with the Labour leadership race -
4.20pm Rugby union
Delon Armitage says he wants the England No15 shirt back
The London Irish full-back Delon Armitage is relishing the new Premiership more than most -
4.17pm Comedy
Autumn treats: comedy highlights
Will Dean: Comedy gems to look forward to this autumn - from the return of The Inbetweeners and Peep Show to new sitcom Him & Her, via Chekhov and Chevy Chase
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4.17pm Politics
Tony Blair leans towards Tory position on deficit reduction in autobiography
Hélène Mulholland: Former prime minister's views run counter to those of Labour leadership contenders on cutting the public deficit -
4.12pm Aston Villa
Premier League 25-man squad lists: Aston Villa leave three slots empty
Aston Villa have named only a 22-man squad for the first half of the Premier League season -
4.08pm Environment
Tazzari Zero electric car comes to the UK
Retailer EV Stores will sell the Italian-built, lithium-ion-powered Tazzari Zero for £21,500. From BusinessGreen, part of the Guardian Environment Network
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4.03pm UK news
Tests that killed MoD scientist were badly planned, inquest finds
Jury in Terry Jupp inquest criticises risk assessment and communication in secret explosives tests that went fatally wrong -
4.01pm Obama administration
If FDR had been elected in 1930
FT's Martin Wolf poses an interesting question but fails to answer it fully.
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4.00pm Kevin Pietersen
Kevin Pietersen says sorry for foul-mouthed Twitter comment
Kevin Pietersen, who has joined Surrey on loan to benefit England according to the county, has apologised for his reaction to being dropped -
4.00pm Iraq
Obama's speech: a Baghdad family view
Tara Ali: What has my Iraqi family gained? They can criticise the government publicly without fear, but they fear being in public
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4.00pm Tony Blair
Tony Blair: Gordon Brown 'tried to blackmail me over cash-for-honours'
Gordon Brown told Tony Blair to drop pension reform or he would call for Labour inquiry into peerages scandal, according to former PM's autobiography -
3.53pm Property
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3.52pm Portsmouth
Football League to decide on Balram Chainrai's takeover of Portsmouth
Football League board are poised to decide on Balram Chainrai's proposed takeover of Portsmouth -
3.51pm Public
Shared services, shared objectives
Collaboration is key to delivering more for less and outsourcing of delivery methods is one of the options open to government departments
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3.49pm Israel
Video: Four Israeli settlers shot dead in West Bank
Video (1min 44sec)
Reaction from both sides after Hamas gunmen kill four settlers on outskirts of Hebron
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3.48pm Guardian careers
Hewlett-Packard creates new jobs — In the week 30/08/10
Hundreds of jobs at Hewlett Packard, overseas opportunities for graduates and a new rail line needs staff
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3.46pm Folk music
The Pierces (No 858)
Balancing ballast with beauty, these two sisters from Alabama offer a rocked-up folk take on Fleetwood Mac -
3.39pm Football
The Public Revenue; and Tony Blair
In today's Fiver: Is that a belated spot of wheeling and dealing, we spy? Lord Ferg's special relationship, and the Special Wand
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3.39pm Middle East
Barack Obama begins talks with Middle East leaders
Binyamin Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, Hosni Mubarak and King Abdullah of Jordan to meet separately with Barack Obama -
3.38pm Public
Reform of services was 'bunkum', claims Blair
Former prime minister reveals errors made in early days of New Labour as it tried to reform public services by concentrating on outputs instead of structures, particularly in the NHS
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3.37pm
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Pakistan cricket scandal: emergency London meeting postponed
The emergency meeting involving the three Pakistan players at the centre of spot-fixing allegations has been postponed -
3.32pm Lehman Brothers
Former Lehman boss defiant before official inquiry
Dick Fuld admits 'poorly timed business decisions and investments' but insists Lehman Brothers addressed those issues prior to its collapse -
3.32pm Tottenham Hotspur
Rafael van der Vaart completes last-minute £8m move to Tottenham
Rafael van der Vaart's £8m transfer to Tottenham Hotspur from Real Madrid has been ratified by the Premier League -
3.31pm Kirkgate Market
Bid to keep dealers in counterfeit goods out of Leeds Kirkgate Market
* Charter 'sends strong message to counterfeit con-men' in bid to make market a fake-free zone
* Council denies rumours that business support scheme has been scrapped -
3.30pm BBC
Video: 'Are you the Stig?' Driver Ben Collins leaves court
Ben Collins, the former Formula Three racer widely reported to be Top Gear's mystery driver the Stig, leaves the high court after a battle over the character's anonymity
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3.29pm Politics
Blair on Prescott: laughing at him or with him was equally good
Haroon Siddique: Tony Blair reveals that among his other talents John Prescott could balance a cup and saucer on his stomach -
3.28pm Business
FTSE extends gains after rare US data surprise
The FTSE 100 has extended gains in afternoon trading to be up more than 2% while the Dow Jones industrial average is also up sharply following stronger-than-expected US manufacturing data that has broken the recent chain of downbeat reports from America
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3.26pm Edinburgh city council
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3.26pm Games
Batman: The Brave and the Bold trailer
EXCLUSIVE: Watch the trailer for Batman: The Brave and The Bold, featuring Batman and Bat-mite playing the game on the Wii
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3.22pm Wii
Video: Batman: The Brave and Bold trailer
Watch an exclusive trailer for Batman: The Brave and The Bold, featuring Batman and Bat-mite playing the game on the Wii
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3.16pm Euro 2012
Fear for fans as Ukraine announces budget cut in Euro 2012 plans
The Ukraine government has denied that fans' enjoyment of the Euro 2012 finals will be severely affected by a budget cut -
3.13pm Tony Blair
Video: Andrew Marr interviews Tony Blair
Excerpt from former PM's interview on the BBC
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3.10pm Folk music
Video: Villagers: How I wrote ... Set the Tigers Free
Mercury-nominated Irish singer-songwriter Conor O'Brien visits our studio to play a his song Set the Tigers Free
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3.09pm Tony Blair
Tony Blair's memoirs: verdict
Polly Toynbee, Jonathan Freedland, Tom Clark and Michael White: Our commentators deliver their thoughts on Tony Blair's memoirs, entitled A Journey
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3.06pm Manchester United
Rio Ferdinand makes his return for Manchester United in reserve game
Rio Ferdinand is returning in a reserve game against Oldham Athletic and may play against Everton next week -
3.04pm HTML5
Captivating Arcade Fire video shows what HTML5 can do
It keeps crashing on me, but I've had enough of a blast to be inspired - it's the heavenly Arcade Fire video built in collaboration with Google and director Chris Milk. By Jemima Kiss
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3.04pm Bloodgate
Bloodgate doctor Wendy Chapman given warning by disciplinary panel
A disciplinary panel issued a warning today to the doctor at the centre of the 'bloodgate' fake injury scandal -
3.00pm University teaching
You can't judge the value of a degree course by the number of contact hours
Robert Woolfson: Any student willing to engage will get good value for money -
2.59pm Criminal justice
Met Police extends payroll deal
The Metropolitan Police has agreed a three year extension to its contract with Logica for payroll and pensions administration
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2.59pm World news
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2.57pm Indie
30 years of 4AD
Record label 4AD have been working with some of the biggest names in music since 1980. We look at the artists who helped make the indie label so influential
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2.52pm José Mourinho
José Mourinho warns worried Real Madrid fans: 'I am not Harry Potter'
José Mourinho has played down the significance of Real Madrid's disappointing opening-day draw at Real Mallorca -
2.44pm England
Peter Crouch withdraws from England squad for Euro 2012 qualifiers
Tottenham striker Peter Crouch has succumbed to a back injury which will keep him out of England's Euro 2012 qualifiers against Bulgaria and Switzerland -
2.36pm Games
Scott Pilgrim vs The World
Steve Boxer: Scott Pilgrim vs The World takes an epic approach to game-as-film-merchandise
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2.30pm World news
There is no abstention from politics
Nathan Schneider: Can religion be apolitical? The apolitical heresy takes two forms: jihadi extremism and blissed-out spirituality. Both disregard other human beings -
2.30pm David Petraeus
Sorry General Petraeus, Iraq and Afghanistan are only too similar
Simon Tisdall: If Obama's Iraq handover strategy is anything to go by, any optimism about Afghanistan is deeply misguided -
2.28pm Middle East
Middle East talks: key issues for Israel, the Palestinians and the US
The Middle East talks face several potential crisis points, but Barack Obama's resolve will be central to success or failure, writes Harriet Sherwood -
2.16pm China
China demands ID from all buyers of mobile phone numbers
Government says it hopes junk will be sunk by rules on new numbers, but critics fear more monitoring of citizens -
2.13pm Politics and history
A new admin district in Uganda raises people's hopes – but there's a catch
The high cost of setting up a new admin region in Serere, Uganda, eats into budgets although the venture promises much. Local people are optimistic but who really benefits?
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2.13pm Horror
Case 39: one for the left luggage
If only the producers had been sensible and marketed this Renee Zellweger horror as the movie in which Bradley Cooper vomits bees
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2.12pm Tony Blair
Tony Blair hopes to silence 'cheeky' author who mocked him in The Ghost
Tony Blair no doubt hopes that his memoirs will silence one foe
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2.10pm Michael Douglas
Michael Douglas reveals his cancer has spread
Oscar-winning actor says he has 80% chance of survival in frank interview on David Letterman's show -
2.10pm Food & drink
Live chat: Anthony Bourdain
The man whose explosive first memoir blew the lid off macho cheffy culture will be live online at 2:30pm on Thursday 2 September. Post your questions now
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2.07pm
Cardiff Bloggers meet-up next week: Blogging for niche
Next week we kick off the Cardiff Bloggers Meet-ups again after our summer break - this time - blogging for a niche
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2.05pm Tony Blair
Tony Blair's memoirs released
The former prime minister is back in the media spotlight as A Journey hits shop shelves
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2.04pm Wales
Wales to extend telemedicine to rural areas
Some of the money from Wales' Rural Health Innovation is going to the extension of telemedicine
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2.03pm ITV
ITV1 to air Tonight special on Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Britain
Julie Etchingham to front show but, unlike BBC, broadcaster will not alter schedule to air live coverage of the papal trip. By Tara Conlan -
Pakistan match fixing claims: player's former girlfriend to meet ICC
The former girlfriend of Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has been asked to give evidence to the ICC -
2.02pm Theatre
The shock of the new: why novelty is not the star of the show
Andy Field: Critics can go too far in their celebration of originality and unconventional forms of theatre – we end up unfairly focusing on the concept rather than the context -
2.01pm United States
Tourists forced to flee North Carolina island threatened by hurricane Earl
5,000 visitors told to leave Ocracoke Island after storm alert on US east coast prompts evacuation order -
2.00pm Germany
The Turkish Germans to whom these racist comments mean little
Deniz Yücel: Thilo Sarrazin's chitchat has nothing to do with their lives. And that's why they feel neither disgusted or insulted -
2.00pm Extra
Meet our Fashion Journalists
Our editors will talk about life on the fashion desk of a national newspaper plus what to wear for autumn 2010
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1.59pm You tell us
What do you want to talk about?
Post your suggestions for subjects you'd like us to cover on Comment is free. Want to write for us? Follow this guide
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1.58pm IPC Media
Essentials magazine drops cover models for 'real women'
Monthly drops models and celebrities from cover after resounding finding in reader survey. By John Plunkett -
1.58pm Tony Blair
Tony Blair's memoirs paint affectionate portrait of John Prescott
The deputy prime minister was the yang to Blair's yin, although he could be 'maddening' and 'dangerous' at times -
1.55pm US midterm elections 2010
Democratic party braced for midterm beating
Barack Obama's party likely to lose heavily in November elections, polls suggest -
Corruption: We must be ruthless and put the fear of God into people
Duncan Fletcher: Treating cricket with disrespect is not a frivolous matter. Even the smallest transgression must mean that a career is over -
1.52pm BBC
The Stig: BBC loses injunction battle
High court judge refuses temporary injunction against autobiography that reveals who plays the Stig on Top Gear. By Jason Deans
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1.52pm Politics
Tony Blair book: Raging against the former PM may say more about you than him
Michael White: Despite his many failings, I thought Tony Blair achieved much to improve Britain, that he was a formidable politician and that hindsight is likely to reinforce my verdict in the long run -
1.48pm UK news
Gay and lesbian Christians criticise plans to disrupt pope's visit
The Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement wants papal critics to 'disagree with respect' -
1.47pm London
Boris Johnson: the real transport funding crunch
Dave Hill: If London's biggest transport infrastructure schemes look pretty safe from government cuts, where does that leave everything else?
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1.44pm Business
Redrow gains ground and Inmarsat takes off as bid speculation swirls
Housebuilder Redrow has been in focus in the run-up to lunchtime on talk that colourful chairman Steve Morgan, who founded the business back in 1974, is planning to take it private
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1.42pm Chile
Video: Drilling begins in Chilean mine rescue
Nasa team arrives to help keep trapped miners in good health as mine's owner asks for forgiveness over 'terrible 'situation'
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1.41pm Kevin Pietersen
Should sports stars be banned from Twitter?
Poll
Leicester's rugby players have been told not to use Twitter to give their thoughts on the game. Following Kevin Pietersen's comments is it time for other sporting organisations to do the same?
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1.36pm David Haye
Veteran Evander Holyfield calls on David Haye to give him a title shot
Evander Holyfield has challenged WBA champion David Haye to give him a title shot and earn himself a big payday -
1.33pm Iraq
Joe Biden: Iraq close to forming new government
US vice-president says he is convinced various Iraqi factions can form coalition and bring stability to country -
1.30pm Television & radio
The sad disappearance of foreign TV
Marianne M Gilchrist: When I was young, European serials offered a view into other worlds. Why do we now limit ourselves to US imports?
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1.27pm Royal Park Primary
October D-Day for Leeds community campaigns
Council to decide on South Leeds Sports Centre takeover bid and plans for community to control the former Royal Park Primary School next month
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1.26pm Germany
Michael Ballack set to replace Philipp Lahm as Germany captain
Michael Ballack will resume his duties as Germany captain for the Euro 2012 qualifiers after recovering from injury -
1.26pm UK news
MI6 officer's body was found locked in sports holdall, says coroner
Inquest into Gareth Williams's death hears his remains were in advanced state of decay when discovered at a safehouse -
1.24pm Radio 4
Today's theme tune, but not tomorrow's
Media Monkey: If ever there was a radio show not in need of a theme tune -
1.23pm Religion
Divine dispatches: a religion roundup
Riazat Butt: Divine dispatches: Greenbelt festival; the boys from Rev; social networking; Christian missionaries in North Korea
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1.15pm Drama
Six to watch: TV schools
Stuart Heritage: As a new term begins at Waterloo Road, which are the programmes it should be taking lessons from?
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1.11pm Fernando Torres
Fernando Torres says Liverpool have to find new owners and quickly
Fernando Torres insists it is imperative that Liverpool find new owners quickly if they are to stay competitive -
1.09pm Metro
ITN signs Metro web video deal
Metro.co.uk to take news, sport and showbiz video clips as freesheet looks to expand its online offering. By Josh Halliday -
1.08pm Tony Blair
Tony Blair: military intervention in rogue regimes 'more necessary than ever'
Former PM defends foreign policy record, revealing that the experience of Iraq and Afghanistan has not diminished his commitment to taking on opponents
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1.08pm Environment
Climate scientists should not write their own software, says researcher
Computer scientist urges software developers to help climate scientists produce better modelling tools. From BusinessGreen, part of the Guardian Environment Network
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1.07pm Rangers
Giant screens at Wigan could keep Rangers fans out of trouble
Paul Wilson: Don't just use the DW Stadium as a transit camp – encourage ticketless Rangers fans to stay there and watch Champions League tie against Manchester United -
1.06pm Google
Google lays out display ad strategies
Google has tried to whet the appetite of potential advertisers with a lengthy post setting the scene for the future of display advertising - traditionally an area in which Yahoo has been much more dominant. By Jemima Kiss
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1.03pm Northern Ireland
Dissident republicans in gun attack on Derry house
Four masked men fire shots at building in Bogside area and then attack police with petrol bombs and missiles -
1.02pm Film
Hot Tub Time Machine: the 80s regurgitated
Don't fancy being stuck in lukewarm bubbling water with four ageing comedians for 90 minutes of 80s satire? Read Paul MacInnes's condensed script instead
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12.59pm Indie
Ask the indie professor: Are gender stereotypes still present in indie music?
Wendy Fonarow: Indie likes to pride itself on having an enlightened sense of gender relations. But that doesn't stop female audience members from being groped at shows
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12.56pm Art
Tiny artworks vanish from stately home
Amnesty offered to track down nine 'tiny people' created by London street artist Slinkachu, lost from Belsay Hall's gardens -
12.54pm Pakistan
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12.54pm Theatre
South African dramatist Athol Fugard says today's playwrights are shirking the big issues. Do you agree?
The South African dramatist said that the current generation of playwrights aren't doing enough to engage with the world's problems. Is he right?
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12.53pm Barack Obama
President Obama's redecorated Oval Office
Every president eventually puts his own mark on the Oval Office, decoratively speaking. The latest is no exception
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12.53pm Tony Blair
Blair and Iraq and the Duelfer report
Michael Tomasky: To justify the Iraq war, why does Tony Blair cite a 2004 report that said we were 'almost all wrong'?
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12.51pm Society daily
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12.50pm Rajendra Pachauri
Press continue to hound Rajendra Pachauri despite his innocence
George Monbiot: The profiteering Pachauri story joins a host of falsehoods about climate change which keep resurfacing despite being disproved -
12.48pm Proms
Prom 61: Hansel and Gretel
Royal Albert Hall, London
The cardboard-city production removes all the magic from this Hansel and Gretel, but thankfully Robin Ticciati has a wondrous touch, bringing out the light and shade in this beautiful score, writes Guy Dammann -
12.48pm Vuvuzelas
Uefa bans vuvuzelas from Champions League and European Championships
Uefa has banned fans from taking vuvuzelas into stadiums for European Championship and Champions League games -
12.47pm Independent production companies
Warner strikes UK deal with John de Mol's Talpa
Formats of Big Brother founder's Dutch venture to be developed for UK broadcasters, in echo of US Warner deal. By Jason Deans -
12.45pm Environment
Cyclists! The public thinks you're cool and normal
Helen Pidd: New research shows motorists no longer consider cyclists weirdy beardy Guardian readers – in fact, they envy us
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12.41pm Tony Blair
Tony Blair interview: the full transcript
Martin Kettle asks former prime minister Tony Blair about his memoirs -
12.39pm US Open tennis
US Open tennis: The best images from Flushing Meadows
A look back at the opening two days at Flushing Meadows, including first-round victories for Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal
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12.36pm Science
Supersymmetry - the end of the line?
Jon Butterworth: Just before this blog moved to the Guardian, I wrote about a supersymmetry meeting I attended. Now my theory pal who organised it chips in
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12.34pm Pakistan cricket betting scandal
Players accused in Pakistan spot-fixing scandal face emergency meeting
The three Pakistani cricketers at the centre of cricket's betting scandal are heading to London for an emergency meeting -
12.32pm Theatre
Lost in translation: why have we declared war on foreign dramatists?
John M Morrison: Classic plays in foreign languages are being rewritten for modern audiences who have no idea that what they're seeing is quite different from, and vastly inferior to, the originals -
12.30pm Edinburgh city council
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12.29pm Best books
Mark Pilkington's top 10 books about UFOs
From total believers to complete sceptics, the author of Mirage Men selects books that are 'informative, entertaining, puzzling or all three at once'
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12.23pm Pakistan cricket betting scandal
Pakistan match-fixing claims: ICC promises swift action
ICC chief Haroon Lorgat has promised players will be punished if found guilty in the investigation into spot-fixing
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12.20pm Cardiff Council
New chief executive plans to make Cardiff Council best in Europe by 2015
In his first interview in the post, Cardiff Council's new chief executive Jon House says he hopes to make Cardiff best authority in Europe by 2015
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12.17pm Cycling
Laurent Fignon obituary
French cycling champion best known for his epic defeat in the 1989 Tour de France -
12.16pm Wolverhampton Wanderers
Premier League 25-man squad lists: Wolves leave out Michael Kightly
Injured winger Michael Kightly has been left out of Wolves' 25-man squad for the first half of the season -
12.15pm UK news
Why every day is a good news day in Bridlington
Welcome to the Northerner, guardian.co.uk's weekly digest of the best of the northern press -
12.14pm James Cameron
Piranha 3D producer bites back at James Cameron over slur
News: Mark Canton dismisses the Avatar director's criticism of his film, saying he has 'a small vision regarding any motion pictures that are not his own' -
12.13pm Academies
Schools converting to academies in September 2010
A list of the 32 schools converting to academy status this month -
12.12pm Israel
Middle East talks: no real desire for change spells little hope of success
The mood is gloomy as the Middle East peace talks begin because neither side appears prepared to make the concessions that meaningful negotiations require, writes Ian Black -
12.07pm Tony Blair
Tony Blair the actor, Gordon Brown the grump? No, the split was much deeper
Julian Glover: Blair's book shows he thinks Brown was very wrong on policy -
12.02pm Catholicism
Archbishop's aide calls Britain a 'hedonistic wasteland'
Edmund Adamus under fire from equality and secularists groups for criticising the UK's 'gay agenda' -
11.56am Horse racing
Talking Horses
Will Hayler: Ryan Moore is finally booked for a return to the racecourse, plus today's best bets and the latest racing news
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11.51am Inside Guardian Weekly
Welcome to the 3 September edition
War crimes and water woes are balanced by French art that pushes the boundaries and Petra's gentle glory -
11.49am Bollywood
When will Bollywood offer a realistic portrayal of relationships?
Nirpal Dhaliwal: 'Bollywood's Brokeback Mountain' and a film about infidelity prove that mainstream Indian cinema is uninterested in authentic scripts and plausible performances -
11.46am Rugby union
Register for The Breakdown
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Get the latest rugby news and analysis by registering for The Breakdown email, written by Paul Rees
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11.44am Social media
Chatroulette's relaunch is a bust
Apparently, some people were still taking Chatroulette seriously... By Robert Andrews
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11.44am Tony Blair
Tony Blair told Princess Diana her relationship with Dodi Fayed was a problem
Ex-PM reveals in his memoir that he told the princess he was uneasy about her relationship with Fayed -
11.43am Bulgaria
Dimitar Berbatov has gone but Bulgaria can make it tough for England
Jonathan Wilson: Bulgaria have problems but their solid 4-2-3-1 will test England at Wembley on Friday -
11.40am Chile
Chile mine owners ask for forgiveness from trapped men
Day 27: Mining boss hopes 'terrible situation' ends soon, as Nasa team says cigarettes and alcohol to be withheld from men -
11.40am Venice film festival
Venice film festival opens with Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan
News: The American director's psychological thriller, starring Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis, kicks off this year's event, competing against films by Sofia Coppola and Vincent Gallo
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11.36am Sony
Sony prepares expansion of PlayStation Network for video and music
Stealing Apple's thunder is both a challenge and a delight for its rivals, and that's exactly what Sony is reportedly trying to do today ahead of the anticipated new iPod and Apple TV announcement tonight. By
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11.36am Sport
England shock China to secure second win at women's hockey World Cup
England have beaten China 1-0 to record their second victory at the women's hockey World Cup -
11.32am TV ratings
The Bill finale wins 4.4m viewers
Last episode of ITV's long-running police drama is up by a million viewers on the previous week's. By John Plunkett -
11.31am Business
Cable & Wireless Worldwide joins buyout bonanza
Cable & Wireless Worldwide, the part of the former C&W empire has seen its share price rocket on rumours that American giant AT&T is considering a bid for the business
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11.30am Poker
Don't forget, poker is a head game
You have to think it through – or you're in trouble -
11.30am
Bookmarked: Under the radar art activities in Leeds this week
Stretch your imagination with the monthly Leeds Art Walk and Art in Unusual Spaces end of season event
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11.25am Tony Blair
Tony Blair: West should use force if Iran 'continues to develop nuclear weapons'
Former prime minister says it is wholly unacceptable for Tehran to seek nuclear weapons capability -
11.24am Tony Blair
Tony Blair admits error of judgment over Carole Caplin
Former PM says it was a mistake not to openly acknowledge Caplin when her employment with the Blairs became public in 1994 -
11.22am Applications
Westminster seeks support services deal
Westminster City Council has published a tender worth up to £1m for the provision of maintenance and support services for its information management system
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11.21am Manchester United
Manchester United fail to hit season ticket sales target
Manchester United failed to reach their target of season ticket sales this summer -
11.18am Drugs
Psychedelic drugs return as potential treatments for mental illness
Science Blog Festival, Moheb Costandi: New research confirms that psychedelic drugs are promising treatments for depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and schizophrenia
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11.14am Imperial College London
Imperial College to establish medical school in Singapore
Joint teaching venture sees the London university forge presence in funding-rich Asia -
11.14am Financial crisis
Financial crisis hearing calls on Lehman's Richard Fuld
Former Lehman Brothers and Wachovia CEOs to appear before financial crisis commission -
11.12am West Ham United
West Ham waiting Premier League approval over deal for Lars Jacobsen
West Ham are waiting for Premier League approval over their move for Denmark right-back Lars Jacobsen -
11.12am Politics
Tony Blair's A Journey is hot ticket at booksellers
Retailers predict high sales for former PM's political memoir
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11.12am Julia Gillard
Australian PM Julia Gillard signs pact with Greens
Julia Gillard's deal ensures the Greens' support for Labor in a hung parliament, in return for policy concessions -
11.10am Food & drink
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11.09am Extra
2 for 1 deal on tickets to cinemas at the National Media Museum in Bradford
Offer applies to the Cubby Broccoli and Pictureville cinemas
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11.07am Manufacturing sector
Industrial activity hits nine-month low
New orders booked by British manufacturers slowed sharply last month, pushing industrial activity to a nine-month low -
11.06am Extra
2 for 1 deal on tickets to cinemas at the National Media Museum in Bradford
The offer applies to the Cubby Broccoli and Pictureville cinemas
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11.04am Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal struggles to victory over Teymuraz Gabashvili in US Open
Rafael Nadal was made to work hard before finally breaking the resistance of Teymuraz Gabashvili in the US Open -
11.00am Bangladesh
My lost Bangladeshi identity
Momtaz Begum-Hossain: Losing my parents showed me culture is not something we teach ourselves. This Ramadan, I feel less Bangladeshi than ever
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10.55am Julian Assange
Sweden reopens investigation into rape claim against Julian Assange
Country's chief prosecutor reopens case against WikiLeaks founder, overruling decision of Stockholm chief prosecutor -
10.55am Libraries
Frank Skinner's attack on free libraries is a bad joke
Jonathan Jones: The comedian's anti-intellectual values will not help the fight against those who think that free libraries are dispensable -
10.54am Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham confident of all-clear on Rafael van der Vaart's £8m deal
The Premier League could reach a decision by 3.30pm today regarding Rafael van der Vaart's proposed £8m move to Tottenham -
10.50am Australia rugby league
Greg Inglis to miss Australia's Four Nations campaign
England will not have to face Greg Inglis in the Four Nations series at the end of this season. -
10.44am Public
Taking Lasa to the next level
Jane Dudman interviews Terry Stokes, who takes up his post as chief executive of Lasa today
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10.41am Pakistan
Civilians among dead in Pakistani air strikes on militants
Up to 45 Taliban killed as well as relatives and other civilians in Pakistani strikes in Khyber region near Afghan border -
10.39am US Open tennis
Caroline Wozniacki eases into US Open second round
Top seed Caroline Wozniacki made comfortable progress into the second round of the US Open -
10.34am Borrowing & debt
Crackdown on 'free debt management' advertising
New rules mean companies will not be allowed to advertise a service as 'free' if the consumer has to pay anything other than unavoidable costs -
10.33am Culture
The literary (anti)heroes of middle age
Widmerpool, Anthony Powell's ghastly creation in The Dance To The Music of Time, is a spectre to haunt the middle aged
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10.32am Academies
142 schools to convert to academies this school year
In response to Michael Gove's education reforms, 32 schools will open as academies this month out of 2,000 that have expressed interest since May
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10.28am BBC
BBC employee paid £30,000 over bullying claims
Employee who claimed she was bullied after querying senior manager's redundancy payout settled after dropping tribunal claim. By John Plunkett -
10.26am Travel
Been there photo competition, August: local life
From cobblers to post boxes, riding trains to harvesting tobacco, we select the best images on the theme of local lives
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10.23am Greece
Greece bans smoking in enclosed public spaces
Tobacco advertising prohibited and anti-smoking board games to be distributed to children to cut country's high smoking rates -
10.22am Pakistan cricket betting scandal
Mohammad Asif may miss film role over Pakistan spot-fixing claims
Mohammad Asif may lose his proposed role in an Indian film over the Pakistan spot-fixing allegations -
10.14am Ryder Cup
Ryder Cup: The politics behind Paul Casey's omission from Europe's team
Lawrence Donegan: It is almost impossible to defend the exclusion of Paul Casey from the line-up for next month's Celtic Manor showdown -
10.13am Slipknot
Slipknot to release new album following bassist's death
Masked metalheads confirm they will continue as a band – but won't replace bassist Paul Gray who died earlier this year -
10.11am Business
Buyout talk boosts Tui Travel
Shares in Tui Travel, which last month warned on profits, have shot to the top of the FTSE 100 leaderboard on the back of a report that its largest shareholder is mulling an all-out bid
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10.08am Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn's move for Bulgarian Ivelin Popov collapses over work permit
Ivelin Popov's proposed move to Blackburn is off after the Litex Lovech striker was denied a work permit -
10.07am Lady Gaga
New music: Lady Gaga – Living On the Radio
The lampshade-wearing singer reveals a new song about the toils of being a global pop phenomenon
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10.03am Cricket
County cricket - live!
News blog: All the latest news regarding Kevin Pietersen and Owais Shah's domestic futures, plus today's top county action -
10.02am UK news
From the archive, 1 September 1930: Obituary: Dr WA Spooner
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 1 September 1930: The death occurred at Oxford on Friday evening of Dr. William Archibald Spooner, who was for twenty-one years Warden of New College, Oxford
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10.00am
Councillor joins city centre park debate for Leeds Lumiere site
* "Let's put the pressure on to get some more green space in Leeds" - councillor Martin Hamilton
* Is a temporary park off Wellington Street the way forward? -
10.00am David Miliband
Extraordinary rendition: just how much did David Miliband know?
Mark Seddon: An inquiry is to investigate the UK's involvement in rendition flights. It's a pity it'll come too late for the Labour leadership vote
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10.00am Guardian first book award
Extract: Curfewed Night by Basharat Peer
Interactive
The first chapter of Basharat Peer's 'frontline memoir of life, love and war in Kashmir', longlisted for the 2010 Guardian first book award
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9.32am London
West Hampstead: shopping, homogenisation and resistance
Dave Hill: A London local blogger writes sanely about the likely arrival of a supermarket chain in the neighbourhood
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9.30am Top Leeds bloggers
Top Leeds blogger: Bryony Victoria King, Cacoethes Scribendi blog
Cacoethes Scribendi is Bryony Victoria King's personal blog on life, news, politics, society and everything in between
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9.28am Crime
Man held in Melanie Hall murder inquiry
Avon and Somerset police question 39-year-old man over disappearance of Melanie Hall 14 years ago -
Pakistan match-fixing claims: Croydon crisis confirms worst corruption fears
David Conn: The man at the centre of the Pakistan match-fixing claims, who owns Croydon Athletic, has been quoted as saying he would launder money through the club
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9.18am Internet startups
Elevator Pitch: Diagonal View has your screen in its sights
Diagonal View might be the biggest name in video you haven't heard of. Founded in 2008, their short-form videos have recorded 500m views and want to expand to every site on the web. By Jemima Kiss
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9.17am Media
Today's media stories from the papers
Wednesday's Media Briefing
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9.13am Books
Sitting, lying or standing: what's the pole position for reading?
Alison Flood: AbeBooks wonder if it's weird to read lying on your stomach. The answer is yes: everyone knows the side is best. Don't they?
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9.10am Israel
Israeli settlers to resume building on West Bank after Hebron killings
West Bank settlers to defy freeze on construction, putting further strain on contentious issue in this week's peace talks -
9.06am First-time buyers
As a first-time buyer should I wait for another market dip?
I am in the process of buying a house but hear that the market may fall further. Should I pull out? -
9.04am Remortgaging
I'm 66 – why can't I remortgage?
One of my houses is buy-to-let and the other is jointly owned with my sister who lives in Australia. I would like to remortgage but am struggling to find a deal -
9.00am Radio
Radio head: blasts from the past
Dave Lee Travis and friends are still out there, discovers Elisabeth Mahoney -
9.00am Law
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9.00am Dictation
Digital dictation: a voice for healthcare
Steve Gold looks at eight of the main UK suppliers: BigHand, Dictate IT, G2 Speech, Nuance, Softech, SRC, Voice Technologies and WinScribe
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9.00am Patient records
I'll have a patient record afore ye
Dick Vinegar, the Patient from Hell, tries to drag English doctors out of the primaeval slime involved in guessing their patients' medical histories
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9.00am G2 kids
G2 Kids No 33: Play traditional games and solve our back-to-school wordsearch
Marbles, paper planes and cup and ball: who needs an Xbox anyway? Plus more of our puzzles, jokes and a book review
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8.59am
Edinburgh today: Freshers' events and Cardinal Keith's Hippopotamus Song
A selection of Edinburgh news and blog posts
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8.59am Culture
How great is the automated lacing system?
Hadley Freeman: Ask me to choose my favourite US TV advertising invention? You can't get more stupid than the automated lacing system
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8.58am Games
Console repair manuals - will gamers want to go under the hood?
Ok, it may not help Xbox 360 owners who have already suffered the red ring of death but the attempt to create community based console repair manuals has to be applauded. iFixit, who originally published repair guides for Apple hardware, have now gone for the consoles. Or as they say on the site:
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8.56am United States
Video: Barack Obama declares end of Iraq war
The US president formally brings an end to Operation Iraqi Freedom, in a televised address from the Oval Office
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8.55am
This month in music: September gigs
Guest blogger Marc Thomas rounds-up the music scene agenda in Cardiff for September
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8.53am US Open tennis
Rafael Nadal serves up warning to rivals at US Open
World No1 Rafael Nadal revealed a more powerful serve on his way to an impressive straight-sets victory over Teymuraz Gabashvili in the US Open -
8.50am
Trailblazing Leeds social enterprise closes due to lack of support
Holbeck Foods was a community-run enterprise aimed at providing fresh fruit and vegetables to a community which had lost its only supermarket. Now it's folded due to a lack of support
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8.44am Transfer window
Football transfer rumours: The morning after the window closes
The performers and the funsters have departed and all that remains is to tidy up after them
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8.36am Global economy
Australian economy surges 1.2% in second quarter
Australia's economy grew at its fastest pace in three years in the second quarter -
8.35am
Preview: Sex, Wales and Anarchy – a festival of unsigned talent
The one-day festival of unsigned talent from South Wales returns to Cardiff featuring some original homegrown talent
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8.32am Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson: what a tease
Dave Hill: Boris Johnson has been tipped to at last declare his 2012 mayoral candidacy some time this month
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8.32am Media
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8.30am Israel
A Middle East peace that wreaks havoc
Ghada Karmi: With the odds stacked so strongly in Israel's favour, Palestinians rightly view the US talks with dread
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8.28am Ryanair
Kipper Williams cartoon: Ryanair boss sounds off
Michael O'Leary sounds off as Ryanair quits Belfast
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8.12am Games
Games Chatterbox Column Wednesday
The place to talk about games, and just about anything else too...
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8.00am Radio
Radio review: Saving Species
We learned that swifts – "feathery tearaways, little bits of Africa" – are dwindling in number – with a third of the birds lost in the UK in the past 20 years, writes Elisabeth Mahoney -
8.00am United States
When will those brave critics of Islam decry this mob hate?
Pankaj Mishra: As anti-Muslim hysteria in the US reaches a peak, its intellectual accomplices should start to reconsider their actions -
8.00am Food & drink
Crisps: a very British habit
They're fried in fat and smothered in salt, so why do we have an unhealthy obsession with potato crisps?
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8.00am Life and style
Crisps: a national obsession
How they're made and how we buy them is changing, but the British love of crisps continues. Read all about it in today's G2 and tell us - what's your favourite crisp?
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7.59am Law
My legal hero: Atticus Finch
Dahlia Lithwick: The Alabama single father's principles have inspired thousands – and somehow become a point of national controversy in the US
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7.59am Prisons and probation
Life in America's toughest jail
Shaun Attwood's blog about the appalling conditions in a US jail earned him a major book deal. Erwin James, a veteran of the British prison system, compares notes
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7.49am US Congress
Tea Party ousts Lisa Murkowski in Sarah Palin's state
Rightwing Tea Party draws first blood in primary before November's mid-term elections as Joe Miller wins -
7.45am NHS
Towards a joined-up health service
We are a long way from an integrated NHS, says a new report – but local successes may point the way forward
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7.35am Politics
Tony Blair's A Journey memoir released – live blog
Coverage throughout the day as the fallout from Tony Blair's autobiography cotinues. With Andrew Sparrow
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7.31am BBC
BBC pensions ballot results due today
BBC staff had been balloted over industrial action, but the management are expected to offer an olive branch to disgruntled employees. By Tara Conlan -
7.30am Drugs
Is abstinence the best policy for addiction?
Noreen Oliver, the award-winning advocate of an abstinence-based approach to rehab, tells Mary O'Hara addicts need choice -
7.28am Channel 4
Trinny and Susannah return to TV
Their spoof online documentary, Trinny and Susannah: What They Did Next, has been snapped up by Channel 4. By Tara Conlan -
7.24am ITN
ITN to open ITV News bureau in Dubai
The new operation will be overseen by ITN News' new international correspondent, John Irvine, who previously reported from Washington. By John Plunkett -
7.20am Public sector cuts
Fighting public sector cuts with poetry
Britain's poets are up in arms about the Con-Dems' public spending cuts – and they've published an anthology to prove it
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7.15am Mental health
The asylum experience never leaves you
Meg was first admitted to Stanley Royd hospital when she was just 17. The asylum has gone but her memory of it lingers on -
ASA to regulate social media marketing
Messages on company websites and social media services such as Twitter to be subject to same rules as TV and newspapers ads. By John Plunkett -
7.03am
Cardiff today: new council chief executive and St Mellons protest
A round up of local news and events from across Cardiff with the help of news outlets and the blogosphere
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7.00am Climate change
75 months and counting ...
Andrew Simms: Quarter of the way in, we are perhaps further from holding back the warming tide than when we began. But there is still time -
7.00am Television
TV review: The Bill, The Deep and Natureshock: Killer Squid Invasion
The Bill should have one more investigation – into their own murder, by axe, from above, writes Sam Wollaston
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7.00am Biodiversity
Bold action is needed to protect the diversity of life on Earth
Andy Atkins: Instead of spending taxpayers' money propping up factory farms, UK government should support planet-friendly farming
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7.00am Books
Why demon heads of children's fiction are role models for trainee teachers
Roald Dahl's Miss Trunchbull or Gillian Cross's Demon Headmaster demonstrate the exercise of power, study finds -
7.00am
Leeds today: Birds Yard, Churwell campaign and Leeds Photo Week
A round-up of today's news and views with help from the city's best websites and blogs
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7.00am Society
The NHS will exist only as a brand name
The NHS provided the most most influential, economic model for state-funded healthcare services. Not any more, says Julian Tudor Hart -
7.00am Wildlife
Protector of the Giants photographic exhibition
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, a charity which rescues and rehabilitates orphaned African elephants, is holding an exhibition of pictures taken by three of the world's most celebrated wildlife photographers – Joachim Schmeisser, Michael Nichols and Robert Carr-Hartley. The free show will be at the Royal Geographical Society in London from 6 to 10 September 2010
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6.50am Microsoft
Microsoft to spend billions on Windows Phone 7: what chance of payback?
A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon the costs of relaunching its mobile products will add up for Microsoft. Is it worth it? Then again, what's the alternative?
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6.45am Public finance
Is procurement outsourcing the answer to reducing public sector purchasing costs?
Making savings in the £220bn cost of procuring goods and services for the public sector looks a much more palatable proposition than making service cuts -
6.35am Charities
Leading questions: Terry Stokes, London Advice Services Alliance
Lasa's chief executive on the importance of welfare rights advice -
6.30am T in the Park
The Technology newsbucket: Flash+Android: good and bad, stopping leaks, and more
Plus competing web templating systems, bad bad Twitter apps, is Viewsonic == Samsung, and more
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6.29am Public sector careers
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6.00am Food & drink
Dressing fancy: after 96 years, Heinz Salad Cream gets a new flavour
Heinz unveils lemon and black pepper special edition of condiment that has survived and thrived in UK despite stiff competition from mayonnaise
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6.00am Schools
Girls think they are cleverer than boys from age four, study finds
Teachers' expectations may reinforce gender gap in school performance -
5.01am Executive pay and bonuses
Costcutting US bosses earn 42% more than rivals, says IPS research
Institute for Policy Studies research shows US bosses who sacked most staff during recession earn more than their peers -
5.00am Tony Blair
Tony Blair: quotes from A Journey
From banking to foxhunting, the former prime minister gives his views on his choices when in power -
2.16am Chile
Chilean mine company owners to be questioned over causes of collapse
Bosses to be quizzed over safety failures that led to 33 miners being trapped, as engineers begin drilling rescue shaft -
2.11am Obama administration
Obama's Iraq address
Michael Tomasky: The president has ended the war George Bush claimed was over in 2003, but does he have enough fight for the mid-terms?
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1.32am Barack Obama
Barack Obama ends the war in Iraq. 'Now it's time to turn the page'
US president delivers on key election promise and thanks troops for 'job well done' – but cautions against triumphalism
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1.25am US Open tennis
US Open 2010: Viktor Troicki almost catches Novak Djokovic cold
Novak Djokovic had to fight back to avoid a first-round upset against Viktor Troicki at the US Open -
1.20am Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch's pay falls by 6% to £10.9m as British newspapers suffer
Last year's pay packet was the media mogul's smallest since 2003 owing to a smaller performance-related bonus -
12.45am Cycling
France pays tribute to Tour de France legend Laurent Fignon
Laurent Fignon drew tributes from across French society after losing his battle with cancer -
12.15am Politics
Diary
Hugh Muir: He didn't like it, but he did it. Says everything about Ed -
12.15am Football
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12.12am Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors quartet on way out but club quiet on Stuart Fielden
Wigan Warriors have announced that four of their squad are leaving at the end of the season
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12.10am Environment
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12.09am Horse racing
Makfi being aimed at third clash with Canford Cliffs in QEII
The 2,000 Guineas winner, Makfi, is being aimed at a clash with Canford Cliffs in Ascot's Queen Elizabeth II Stakes -
12.06am Pakistan cricket betting scandal
Match-fixing must be tackled on global scale says investigator
Paul Scotney of the British Horseracing Authority said much greater international co-operation is needed to properly deal with match-fixing
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12.06am Football
Which players have made memorable performances they can't remember?
Plus: Capital cities without top-flight clubs; Burton Albion: record breakers?; and why do PSG have a pram on their logo? -
12.06am England Cricket Team
At least cricket lovers can hand it to the England fielders
Rob Bagchi: If there is one consolation from this benighted series it is that England's fielders are among the very best we have ever had -
12.05am Music
Notes and queries
When red lights might not mean stop; What makes classical music classical music? Why Ludo and Monopoly players are good sports -
12.05am Labour
Labour leadership: Fraternal brotherhood
Editorial: Labour's loss in the spring was as painful as it was inevitable -
12.05am Brief letters
No ball called
Letters: Is the 'No Balls' scandal about cricket, the Labour party leadership contest or Nick Clegg's relationship with David Cameron? -
12.05am Television
Tonight's TV highlights
Vintage TV Launches | The Tony Blair Interview With Andrew Marr | Waterloo Road | First Love | Alex Higgins: The People's Champion | Burn Notice -
12.05am Labour
The opposition must be ready in case the coalition crumbles
Letters: Labour will need urgently to develop concrete alternative policies from the moment the new leader is elected -
12.05am Labour party leadership
Drawing a line and moving on – or not
Letters: Mandelson forgets that Labour had begun winning elections again before Tony Blair became leader, under John Smith -
12.05am US Open tennis
US Open: Wednesday's order of play
Andy Murray begins his campaign against Slovakia's Lukas Lacko second on Arthur Ashe
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12.05am Labour party leadership
Labour's choice and a chance for renewal
Letters: A radical government requires a proportional system and a 'progressive coalition'. So vote Ed, vote AV, forward to PR -
12.05am Immigration and asylum
Young people need secure jobs, not casual and part-time work
Response: The young want a means to live full and independent lives. But such jobs are increasingly hard to find, says Richard Williams -
12.05am Cricket
Nick Hayes on Pakistan cricket betting allegations
Nick Hayes cartoon: The latest instalment of our cartoonists' showcase combines cricket and the Labour leadership election
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12.04am Podcasting
In praise of … EconTalk
Editorial: Every week the economist Russ Roberts chats to an academic or writer about a subject related to economics for about an hour -
12.04am Corrections and clarifications
Corrections and clarifications
Quick crossword 12,580 | The ODA budget | The future Shirley Williams in King Lear | Dominic Myers
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12.03am Welfare
Citizens Advice warns public sector jobs cull will create new wave of debtors
Risk to homes and possessions feared as advice bureaux report big increase in benefits inquiries since election
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12.01am Social exclusion
Scope warns cuts will further marginalise disabled people
Charity says coalition plans could push already 'invisible' group deeper into social exclusion -
12.01am India
South Asians making Britain: 1858-1950
A new exhibition traces the impact of South Asians on British life from the Raj to the early years of Indian independence. Our timeline opens a window on a little-known aspect of Britain's history
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12.01am Life and style
Sudoku 1,655 medium
Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9
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12.00am Tony Blair
World exclusive Tony Blair interview
'I've got something to say' - former prime minister finds his voice after years of exile
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