Anyone know any billionaires? I'd love to meet Lakshmi Mittal..." London mother Sharmila Nikapota was not joking last week when she made a clarion call to London's super-rich at the Everyman Cinema to find a cure for her eight-year-old daughter Sohana's rare skin condition... more
Alan Johnson vows to press ahead with plans to outlaw the drug mephedrone, known as 'meow meow', despite claims that the resignation of a key government adviser could make the ban unlawful... more
Professor David Nutt, the former drugs czar, hits back in a controversial interview about being sacked, drug-taking and how he advises his children... more
Government's drug advisers could recommend a ban on mephedrone within weeks following the deaths of two teenagers thought to have taken the drug... more
In this first interview about his private life, the only Tory black MP, Adam Afriyie, tells how his mother inspired him out of poverty to a £100m fortune and why he shuns ‘patronising’ Labour values... more
I see it as a film trailer. A blighted desert landscape. Blowing dust. A lone figure in a crumpled suit. "It was a time of conflict," a voice-over growls... more
Latest: Gordon Brown's determination to toughen cannabis laws soon after becoming Prime Minister was blamed for the furore around sacking of Government's top drugs adviser... more
As my text for the coming week in politics, I pray for an outburst by No 10 enforcer Malcolm Tucker, from the wonderful new series of The Thick of It... more
Government's chief drugs adviser expects to face calls to resign after criticising ministers for not reclassifying ecstasy, LSD and cannabis as less dangerous than alcohol and cigarettes... more
The Government’s top drug adviser has been ordered to apologise to bereaved families for suggesting that taking the drug ecstasy was no more dangerous than riding a horse... more
Ecstasy could remain a class A substance, even if it is shown to be safe, because other dangerous chemicals are being mixed into the pills, the Government's top drugs adviser has said... 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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