Iran-Iraq-Syria Pipeline Must Tempt Europe
Bottom Line: As Iraqi, Syrian and Iranian oil ministers meet in southern Iran to sign an MOU for the construction of the tri-country gas pipeline; a new picture emerges from the rubble of the Syrian...
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Jose Mourinho to help Fenando Torres become Europe's best
Jose Mourinho has vowed to fix Fernando Torres and transform the £50million striker back into one of Europe’s most feared sharpshooters. Reported by MailOnline 2 days ago.
View ArticleLetters, August 3: Nato, border controls and yellow lines
This is Somerset -- It was Nato, not EU that stopped wars I must reply to Molly Scott Cato's letter that appeared in Tuesday's letters pages. The UK was asked in the 1970s to vote in a referendum about...
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How Patricia paid tribute to the Great War's dead
This is Nottingham -- THE last resting places of hundreds of soldiers who died in the Great War have been recorded in a collection of photographs compiled by a Notts woman. The images were taken by...
View ArticleJose Mourinho to help Fernando Torres become Europe's best
Jose Mourinho has vowed to fix Fernando Torres and transform the £50million striker back into one of Europe’s most feared sharpshooters. Reported by MailOnline 23 hours ago.
View ArticleSalzburg celebrates the brilliance of Birtwistle
The Austrian city in festival time is a strange and wonderful place Quick word from Salzburg, and a couple of days at the Festival earlier this week taking part in the Preis der Schallplattenkritik's...
View ArticleTurkey's lack of democracy is storing up problems | Observer editorial
Prime Minister Erdogan has much to boast about, but the vision of hope is fading fast It is proving a long, turbulent summer for Turkish democracy. The chaos of Gezi Park may have abated after judges...
View ArticleThe sharing economy: a whole new way of living
From accommodation to cars, the internet is turning us from consumers into providers and challenging established business models. We talk to Martin Varsavsky, founder of Fon – the largest Wi-Fi company...
View ArticleThe demon drink: war on sugar
Our addiction to sugar is linked to obesity, cancer and heart disease – and soft drinks are among the worst offenders. *Alex Renton* reports on the new health war, and reveals why some fruit juices may...
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Crawley author writes book about Desert Rat dad
This is Sussex -- A CRAWLEY author has written her first book, based on letters her father sent her mother during the Second World War. Jenny Hall, 66, of Fisher Close in Southgate, spent seven years...
View ArticleWhy Ghana is ahead of the curve
Buying cheap bespoke outfits from Ghana's many skilful tailors proves what Givenchy always knew – that clothes should fit our bodies, not the other way round I find shopping on the high street hard...
View ArticleReturn to the Peloponnese: my Greek odyssey
Revisiting the Peloponnese years after his first magical holiday there, Matthew Kneale fears the euro crisis will have taken its toll. But the peninsula is faring well – and even the cooking is better...
View ArticleGypsies belong here too. So why do we always expect them to 'move on'?
A small but bitter dispute in an English village tells us much about our relationship to our travelling people. Katharine Quarmby tells the story of the battle of Meriden Dale Farm, two years ago this...
View ArticleParents are warned to steer clear of sugar-filled 'healthy' drinks
Parents' efforts on healthy eating 'undermined' by marketing campaigns and lack of government interest Read Alex Renton's report on sugary drinks Nutritionists and health campaigners are calling on...
View ArticleRise in taxpayer subsidy for Baths
This is Scunthorpe -- THE subsidy from taxpayers towards the cost of running the Scunthorpe Baths Hall this year has risen by more than £10,500, it has been revealed. Under the Freedom of Information...
View ArticleAnalysis: UK's Cameron aims to erase EU goal of 'ever closer union'
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's long-running political civil war over Europe is as much about symbols as it is about substance. Reported by Reuters 4 hours ago.
View ArticleTravel news: Tuscany by vintage Fiat, Laura Ashley's first hotel, summer...
Plus cheap ferries to Brittany, Tunisia tourism on the up, win a boutique-cottage stay, and details of a 'wild Taiga' trip *Escapism* Guests at the Follonico B&B near Montepulciano in Tuscany can...
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Here come the girls
This is South Wales -- THE UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship scored some big names for its Swansea city centre launch. Wales men's team manager Chris Coleman and women's under-19 squad stars Alice...
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Squash's world record on an ElliptiGO
This is Derbyshire -- Adventurer Squash Falconer , 32, of Thulston, set a world record by riding around Europe for 3,000 miles on an ElliptiGO, a cross-training machine which combines running with...
View ArticleAll animals suffer when condemned to circus life
This is Derbyshire -- JUST a few weeks ago everything seemed to be pointing to a ban on wild animals in circuses being within reach. Now that has now been put under threat. The select committee charged...
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