Hundreds of Kenyan troops backed by helicopters and armoured cars crossed the border into Somalia today, as the hunt for militants accused of kidnapping Europeans intensified... more
Only one group in society is still subject to a satirical free-for-all. While Frankie Boyle's jokes about the disabled are deemed disgraceful and "chav-baiting" has rightly been decried as classist, anyone can take a pop at the privileged... more
Fears grew for thousands of disaster victims as relief agencies began drawing-up plans to evacuate their teams because of the escalating radiation risk... more
Experts say hundreds more children are at risk of dying of lead poisoning in a pollution disaster in Nigeria that has already claimed 163 lives... more
The boss of household goods giant Reckitt Benckiser made more than £90 million in pay and shares last year thanks to a decade of stellar stock market performance... more
Angelina Jolie visits earthquake victims in Haiti in her latest trip to help survivors of conflict and natural disaster as a goodwill envoy for the United Nations... more
Sally Dudmesh heard a judge find her lover, Old Etonian heir Thomas Cholmondeley, guilty of manslaughter on his Kenyan estate. It was the verdict she always dreaded
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The Mayor of Tower Hamlets defeated Labour to be elected. Livingstone not only backed him but some of Ken's key players are now at the heart of running the council. Stephen Robinson reports
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