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/ 8 November 2007
Ending imports of fresh food from Africa under the pretext of combating climate change risks destroying entire communities that have become dependent on the trade, Ghana’s High Commissioner to Britain said on Wednesday. Food miles — the distance food travels from producer to consumer — have become a highly divisive issue.
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/ 8 November 2007
A group of 50-somethings will try to put some anarchy back into rock’n’roll on Thursday as the Sex Pistols launch their brief reunion tour with a gig at Brixton Academy in London. The British foursome are getting back together to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their seminal album Never Mind the Bollocks … Here’s the Sex Pistols.
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/ 6 November 2007
Famous dogs including Lassie and Oscar-winning animated pooch Gromit were inducted into the world’s first canine Walk of Fame in London on Monday, as the four-legged version of the Hollywood pantheon was unveiled. Other top hounds included Fang from the <i>Harry Potter</i> films.
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/ 6 November 2007
Queen Elizabeth II’s speech in the British Parliament on Tuesday may have been routine, but at least nobody was bored to death. That would have been against the law. Dying in Parliament is an offence — and by far the most absurd law in Britain, according to a survey of nearly 4Â 000 people.
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/ 6 November 2007
Oil leapt more than a barrel to a new record high of ,44 on Tuesday, as a weak dollar and tight fuel stocks prompted buying by speculators. Investors, wary of global equity markets where the full impact of the credit crunch has yet to become clear, see oil as a good bet.
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/ 6 November 2007
Three leading international news agencies are set to boycott this week’s first cricket Test match between Australia and Sri Lanka after organisers demanded payment for the right to distribute photographs from the event. The row is the second major rights dispute to hit international sports organisers in two months.
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/ 5 November 2007
Australian singer Kylie Minogue capped her comeback from breast cancer on Monday with a new single and the launch of a cellphone social-networking site that its designers say is a first for a major pop act. Her spokesperson also confirmed she has discussed the possibility of a world tour in 2008, when she will be 40.
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/ 5 November 2007
Britons now send more than one billion SMSs a week — as many as were sent in the whole of 1999, figures out on Monday showed. People in Britain sent 4 825-billion SMSs during September 2007, an increase of 25% on September last year, according to the Mobile Data Association.
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/ 5 November 2007
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The official review of Rugby World Cup 2007 was published last week and, notwithstanding the usual caveat concerning lies, damned lies and statistics, it makes for an interesting read, writes former England and British Lions lock Paul Ackford in the Daily Telegraph.
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/ 4 November 2007
World Cup-winning South Africa coach Jake White has held talks with England rugby chiefs, a media report said on Sunday. White guided South Africa to a 15-6 victory over England in the World Cup final at the Stade de France in Paris on October 20 and announced on Wednesday that he would quit his post in December.
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/ 4 November 2007
Arsenal preserved their place on top of the Premier League after William Gallas’s late equaliser earned a dramatic 2-2 draw against Manchester United on Saturday. Gallas’s late intervention ensured Arsene Wenger’s side stayed ahead of United on goal difference and extended their unbeaten run this season to 18 matches in all competitions.
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/ 3 November 2007
The table-topping clash between Arsenal and Manchester United took time to ignite but delivered a dramatic finale on Saturday when home captain William Gallas scored in stoppage-time to secure a 2-2 draw. Chelsea took advantage of the stalemate at Arsenal, a 2-0 victory at Wigan Athletic allowing them to make ground on the top two.
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/ 2 November 2007
Oil prices resumed their climb on Friday after a decline in the previous session prompted new buying amid expectations that crude futures would continue to test new records because of tight supplies. Light, sweet crude for December delivery rose by 41 cents to ,90 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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/ 2 November 2007
Six world powers meet on Friday to discuss imposing a third round of sanctions on Iran because of its refusal to stop enriching uranium, which they suspect could be used to build nuclear weapons. Talks among top officials from the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany were due to start in the morning and last several hours.
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/ 2 November 2007
The dollar struck a new all-time low against the euro on Friday as technical factors offset positive United States jobs data, dealers said. In European trade, the euro rose to a record $1,4525. It later fell back to $1,4484, compared with $1,4422 in New York late on Thursday.
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/ 2 November 2007
The career of Martina Hingis ended in disgrace and tears on Thursday when she retired after testing positive for cocaine, an inglorious finale to a story that captivated world tennis for more than a decade. ”I have tested positive but I have never taken drugs and I feel 100% innocent,” the five-times Grand Slam champion told a news conference.
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/ 2 November 2007
Led Zeppelin’s one-off reunion concert, originally scheduled for the end of this month, has been postponed for two weeks after guitarist Jimmy Page broke a finger, the band said on Friday. The gig, at the O2 Arena on the south bank of the River Thames in London, was originally pencilled in for November 26 but will now be held on December 10, the legendary rockers said.
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/ 1 November 2007
London’s police force was found guilty on Thursday of putting the public at risk over the killing of an innocent Brazilian that police mistook for a suicide bomber in 2005. Police shot electrician Jean Charles de Menezes (27) seven times in the head after he boarded an underground train in south London on July 22 2005.
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/ 1 November 2007
A Scottish woman has avoided a prison sentence after she admitted putting dog excrement in her husband’s curry. Jill Martin (47) took drastic action after her marriage broke down and burst out laughing when her husband Donald started eating the dish at their home in Newton Mearns, Glasgow, the Paisley Sheriff Court in central Scotland heard.
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/ 1 November 2007
English rugby’s ruling body has responded angrily to criticism of coach Brian Ashton by England World Cup stars Lawrence Dallaglio and Mike Catt. Dallaglio and Catt have both accused Ashton of failing to properly prepare and organise England during their run to the World Cup final.
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/ 1 November 2007
Frank Lampard’s hat-trick helped League Cup holders Chelsea snatch a dramatic 4-3 win over Leicester on Wednesday. Avram Grant’s side were slipping towards an embarrassing fourth-round defeat against the managerless Championship side — who lost Gary Megson after just six weeks to Premiership strugglers Bolton — until Andriy Shevchenko equalised with three minutes to play.
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/ 31 October 2007
A London luxury store is launching something slightly different for Halloween — a psychic school teaching customers how to tap into their spiritual powers. Passers-by can pop into Selfridges on the capital’s busy Oxford Street to attend classes ranging from ”Third Eye and Higher Self” to workshops on how to use crystals.
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/ 31 October 2007
Oil prices hit fresh record highs on Wednesday, with New York crude at $94 per barrel after news that United States crude inventories had slumped last week, traders said. "The market is clearly reacting to the larger-than-expected drop in crude oil inventories," said Citigroup analyst Tim Evans. Over the course of Wednesday, prices rocketed by as much as $4 to $5.
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/ 31 October 2007
The British and Saudi monarchs spoke warmly about each other’s countries at a formal banquet in London on Tuesday, but a state visit by Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah drew protests and political controversy in Britain. Protesters calling for the reopening of a corruption inquiry into a multibillion-dollar arms deal jeered at Abdullah as he rode in a gilded carriage.
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/ 31 October 2007
A surge in investment in solar power is bringing down costs of the alternative energy source, but affordability problems still dog hopes for the 1,6-billion people worldwide without electricity. The sun supplies only a tiny fraction — less than one 10th of 1% — of mankind’s energy needs. But its supporters believe a solar era may be dawning, boosted by Western funding to combat oil ”addiction”.
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/ 30 October 2007
The parents of missing Madeleine McCann repaid two instalments of their mortgage with money from the fund set up to help find her, their spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday. But Kate and Gerry McCann stopped taking money from the £1-million ”Find Madeleine” fund after they were made official suspects, Clarence Mitchell said.
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/ 30 October 2007
British opposition chief David Cameron has sparked a minor diplomatic spat over a reported off-the-cuff remark about ”one-legged Lithuanian lesbians”, officials said on Tuesday. The former Soviet republic’s ambassador in London has written to the Conservative Party seeking an explanation for the remarks.
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/ 29 October 2007
Oil prices jumped to fresh historic highs on Monday, breaching $93 for the first time on mounting concerns about tight energy supplies worldwide, analysts said. Investors pushed up crude futures to new peaks as more bad news in the shape of Mexican production cutbacks came on top of already serious tensions in the Middle East.
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/ 29 October 2007
Former England captain Andrew Flintoff turned up to a training session last winter under the influence of alcohol, the then England coach Duncan Fletcher revealed on Monday. The revelation which forced Fletcher to cancel the session comes in his new autobiography, which had widely been expected to lift the lid on the 5-0 Ashes debacle.
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/ 29 October 2007
New Tottenham manager Juande Ramos had only a few words to say to his players after he saw Blackburn come from behind to win 2-1 at White Hart Lane on Sunday. He told them: ”The hard work starts tomorrow.” That work involves instilling a belief in a side that is not short on talent but has forgotten how to win.
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/ 29 October 2007
Viomak’s velvety voice drifts through the air like a lullaby on a gentle breeze. But her protest songs pack a punch which could mean jail for anyone caught listening to them in her native Zimbabwe. The tunes bluntly demand an end to President Robert Mugabe’s rule and belong to Zimbabwe’s tradition of protest music that her fans say give hope and comfort.
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/ 28 October 2007
England centre Mike Catt, a 2003 World Cup winner who also played in this year’s final, has retired from international rugby. The 36-year-old said he decided to call time on his England career before the 15-6 defeat by South Africa in last week’s World Cup final in Paris.