Rupert Murdoch helicopters in one of his most political and combative lieutenants to replace Rebekah Brooks as chief executive of his troubled UK newspaper empire... more
Labour-controlled Southwark decreed last week that the rich need no longer suffer from poor neighbours in new housing developments in the north of the borough... more
Last-minute preparations were being made for what is being billed in the US as the 'wedding of the decade', between Chelsea Clinton and her boyfriend Marc Mezvinksy... more
The image that sticks of the Copenhagen summit is the YouTube clip of Gordon Brown ushering Al Gore into what turned out to be a broom cupboard... more
In the run-up to the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen there will be many apocalyptic warnings about how we must alter our behaviour to avert disaster... more
Not everyone works just for financial gain. Unlike City bankers, many of us are driven by factors other than cash, says Philip Delves Broughton... more
Leaving the house is the principal mistake people are making at the moment. I'd recommend not. From my window I can see forsythia flaring yellow in my sunny back garden - and, two streets behind it, great swagged curtains of rain drifting across the face of the Archway Tower. Give it 10 minutes and the positions will be reversed. ... more
Madonna, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Razorlight are among the acts which have signed up to play in the Live Earth concert at the new Wembley Stadium on 7 July.... more
More than 100 of the world's biggest names in music, including Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bon Jovi and Keane, will appear in a series of concerts to highlight the threat of climate change.... more
Eco-restaurant Acorn House sources all products from sustainable, local suppliers. And, says Marina O'Loughlin, its food and service are top-notch.... more
Al Gore uses his skills and clout to try to stop global warming in An Inconvenient Truth, Adrift proves to be one of 2006's finest psychological nail-biters and Crank is Speed without the bus.... more
Davis Guggenheim's An Inconvenient Truth follows Al Gore around America on his "travelling global warming show", and offers a chilling vision of the future.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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