Business news 

FSA says Halifax must follow rate cuts

The City regulator said that some 550,000 Halifax borrowers with tracker mortgages should benefit from interest rate cuts

EDF may sell capacity to win British Energy

The European Commission has extended a deadline for its review of the takeover of Britain's nuclear generator

• EDF: UK energy shortfall to be filled by gas

• EDF: We're not overpaying for British Energy

BBC meets with Woolworths amid pension fears

Some 10,000 pensioners joined the retailer's creditors' queue as lenders discussed the future of its media publishing unit

Sport News 

England demand commando protection to resume India tour

ECB insists that high-level security must be put in place if players are to return to India for Test series

• England 'should not go back to India'

• England edge towards return

Ferdinand sends warning to title rivals

Champions poised to embark on winnable sequence of fixtures, having already played all the other leading sides away from home

Andrew urges England fans to be patient

Martin Johnson 'must be given time' as the RFU attempts to rebuild the academy structure and produce stars of the future

Comment 

Better services without reform?

This is a time for creative innovation, not rigid belief that statistics can show us answers to our problems

• Daniel Finkelstein

And now for something far more important

The raid on Damian Green's office was high farce, not constitutional disaster. MPs should address weightier matters

• Alice Miles

The police are being handcuffed by rules

Strict procedures and guidelines leave officers unable to do their jobs - just like social workers

• Magnus Linklater

Life and Style 

Let it glow, let it glow, let it glow

Displaying Christmas lights outside your house takes time, money - and a thick skin. So why do people do it?

• Christmas gift guide for all the family

Donatella Versace and Jet Li's China mission

The designer saw images of children injured in a Chinese earthquake. Then she heard that Jet Li had set up a charity

The artist Natasha Law loves dressing down

The artist reckons that people see her as a total slob - unless they meet her at an event

Arts & Entertainment 

Click, copy and get the close-up

In an explicit new exhibition at the ICA, seven artists question who owns images in our cut-and-paste culture

Kings of Leon begin British tour

On their biggest Britsh tour yet, they both proved themselves a great kick-ass rock band and tried to be the new Radiohead

Take That heads for No 1 with The Circus

Band's new album sold 133,000 on its first day of release, beating Coldplay's record, and putting it on track to hit No 1