Why have none of the tabloids led on Milly phone hack scandal?
None of this morning’s tabloids have led on the News of the World Milly Dowler phone hack scandal; could this be because they’re all complicit, asks Shamik Das?
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Two faces of Republika Srbija: the hopeful future, the shameful past
Just as Novak Djokovic showed off the best of Serbia with his Wimbledon win yesterday, so today the world saw the worst – war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic at The Hague.
Fox: “Could take some time” for rebels to take Tripoli
Defence secretary Liam Fox told Parliament today that the coalition powers are turning their minds to a post-conflict solution in Libya, reports Shamik Das.
Look Left – Up to 10 million face starvation in Horn of Africa
Unless drastic action is taken, up to ten million people could starve to death in the Horn of Africa, with drought and war threatening millions with famine.
Peter Hitchens: Bring back 19th-century prisons
Far-right polemicist Peter Hitchens has said he’d like prisons to return to how they were in the 19th-century, and said he “doesn’t believe” in rehabilitation.
Ed 2.0 blogs his way out of trouble
In what could be a sign of things to come, Ed Miliband used social media to take on his critics and defend his position over yesterday’s strikes, reports Shamik Das.
Telegraph’s “£500,000 teachers’ pension pot” claim is wrong
The Daily Telegraph’s claim today that teachers have a “£500,000 pension pot” is misleading and their calculations wrong, Left Foot Forward can reveal.
Burglaries, robberies, muggings on the rise… is the downturn to blame?
Shamik Das reports on fears the economic downturn is responsible for the rise in burglaries, robberies and muggings in London, as revealed by The Times this morning.
Lords big beasts turn up the heat on reform
Ahead of this evening’s Commons debate on Lords reform, Lord Ashdown, Lord Adonis and Lord Tyler have again made the case for an elected upper chamber.
Miliband: “Our ambition is to be more than a party; Labour must be a cause”
Ed Miliband will challenge his party to look outward not inward, become a “genuine movement” and be more open to the public in a speech to Labour activists today.