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Mother of ‘UFO hacker’ asks Obama to stop his extradition to America

31.07.09

Mother of British computer hacker Gary McKinnon appeals to Barack Obama after son loses High Court bid to block extradition... more

Fly-past to honour oldest Great War hero

30.07.09

Fly-past of replica planes was marking the funeral of the world's oldest man and one of the last British survivors of the First World War... more

Who cares who wins the Transformers war?

19.06.09

The Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen plot is confusing and the characters are sketchy, but the deafening effects are mindblowing. ... more

US sends warship to save captain

09.04.09

A US Navy warship arrived off the coast of Somalia as negotiations began to rescue the captain of an American cargo ship who was seized by Somali pirates... more

Yo ho ho and a tanker of oil – piracy’s modern cry

19.11.08

With a vast oil tanker hijacked off the coast of Somalia, piracy is back in the headlines... more

Pirates begin talks over their $250m tanker prize

18.11.08

Somali pirates who hijacked a supertanker carrying $100million of crude oil in the Arabian Sea opened negotiations with the vessel's operator... more

Britons on board tanker stormed by Somali pirates

17.11.08

An oil tanker seized by pirates in the Red Sea has British crew aboard... more

Westfield fails to dent West End… for now

05.11.08

How is the new £1.6 billion Shepherd’s Bush shopping centre Westfield London faring?... more

How Hester avoided the pitfalls at British Land

24.10.08

So what will Stephen Hester will do at RBS? Those seeking clues will naturally take an interest in how the former head of Abbey house-cleaned this rather dusty property company during three years of boom and one year of bust... more

Hank puts us to shame in handling the crisis

22.09.08

One thing is clear from the current crisis: London's claim to be the leader of the financial world is in danger of ringing hollow... more

The Godfather, a man they call the Gorilla and how a banking legend was lost

16.09.08

As thousands of City workers today come to terms with the loss of their jobs, we chart the rise and fall of Lehmans — and the extraordinary gambles that brought it down... more

Britney Spurs! Pop star turns out to be a true Brit as archives reveal her roots lie in Tottenham

10.09.08

Britney Spears, far from being as American as apple pie, apparently has her roots firmly in North London - Tottenham, to be precise. ... more

Hacker faces extradition to America within weeks

28.08.08

A computer geek who hacked into top secret US military networks will be extradited to America within a fortnight to face trial after he lost his last-ditch legal appeal... more

Russia will pay for its invasion warns Miliband

27.08.08

Russia will pay a heavy economic price for its aggression, Foreign Secretary David Miliband has warned... more

A time for mischief: Bill Paterson and the day he built his very own H-bomb

01.08.08

It's a blazing summer - and time for mischief. What better way for a boy to spend the holidays than bringing mayhem to his tenement backyard?... more

'UFO tracker' who could draw sting of US extradition

10.06.08

Alleged hacker's case could have implications for business executives wanted by American prosecutors... more

The soldiers' story

03.01.08

Nick Broomfield's Battle for Haditha casts real ex-servicemen to portray one of the most shocking incidents to emerge from the conflict in Iraq.... more

The mocking of the military

19.04.07

You hear Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla's installation, Clamor, before you see it as the sound of military marching tunes bashed out by a brass band fills the gallery.... more

Eco-artists present their tedious tales

19.02.07

Film-making duo Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla have taken a special interest in an island off the Puerto Rican mainland but the films they have produced are imeasurably tedious.... more