Gideon Spanier talks to the two ex-Royal Marines who run Albany Associates, a specialist PR firm that advises international organisations how to improve media and communications in troubled countries that are recovering from conflict... more
Merging three prisons has left an institution where drug use is endemic, the use of force is high and inmates seek sanctuary in a segregation unit, report reveals
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Just as the war and British stoicism informed the Bafta- and Oscar-nominated film, so they also shaped the character of its director's family, as Tom Hooper explains to Johanna Thomas-Corr... more
Soaring birth rates, ‘controlling’ consultants, older mothers and NHS trusts anxious for risk-free deliveries mean many women can no longer choose how they give birth... more
Pioneering home birth service has been axed amid concerns it had 10 times the normal rate of babies born with serious complications such as brain damage... more
Youth worker who was stabbed 14 times as he tried to save youngsters from a violent mob has spoken of his ordeal and the painful road to recovery... more
With Gordon Ramsay's profits down 90 per cent, we sent Nick Curtis to six of his 13 London eateries to assess whether we've had enough of him and how far the recession is biting into his business... more
This week's best comedy bits include wiry Irishman Ed Byrne and compatriot Dara O'Briain, while deadpan Norman Lovett makes a return to the live comedy circuit.... 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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