Business news 

Germany and France lead €1tr EU bailout

Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Sarkozy also joined Gordon Brown in calling for deep reform of the financial system

Limited storage forces importers to give away gas

Prices tumbled at the weekend as low a 0p due to a lack of storage and are likely to fall again as demand for gas weakens

TUI Travel owners consider private ownership

Analysts said that any offer would have to be pitched at more than 260p a share to be considered by minority shareholders

Sport News 

Pressure on me to deliver, says Gerrard

Failure to replicate his club form on the international stage is a source of immense frustration to the Liverpool midfielder

Drogba admits switching off during games

Chelsea forward says his mind can wander during matches and suggests that he has missed goalscoring chances as a result

More questions than answers for Hamilton

Briton must strike balance between caution and exuberance if he is to return to the driving seat in championship race

Comment 

Brown's boom will end only in bust

The Prime Minister is riding high in a time of crisis. But voters are unlikely to forget who got us here

• Rachel Sylvester

Brand USA needs urgent repair

The twin pillars of US policy have had their day. New ideas must replace them

• Francis Fukuyama

Where are our Nobel physics prizes?

Britain's proud contribution to the history of physics has been tarnished by lack of success

• Matthew Chalmers

Life & Style 

Tough love: a mother's painful lesson

A year after we reported on Hannah Mayne's addiction, we reveal how her mother's health and marriage have been affected

The new parking tickets that councils are writing

Local authorities have developed a lucrative way to fleece drivers: loading-bay fines. How do you fight the system?

How can I make my son go to school?

Dr Tanya Byron advises a reader who is struggling with a 14-year-old son who is verbally abusive and anxious

Arts & Entertainment 

Can Escala strike the right chord?

They’ve escaped the orchestra pit to become Simon Cowell’s next big sexed-up thing. But can Escala be taken seriously?

Renaissance Faces at the National Gallery: review

Popes, princes and potentates rub shoulders in new exhibition of Renaissance portraits, says Rachel Campbell-Johnston

No celebrities at Michael Attenborough's Almeida

At the North London theatre the brightest stars are the plays themselves, its director tells Benedict Nightingale