Sport News 

Fergie cools on Berbatov as Spurs demand £38m

£20m United bid rejected as failing hopes of a compromise spark war of words between Sir Alex Ferguson and Daniel Levy

• Mind games of a magician

• Ferguson can tip balance on successor

Surging Sastre is poised for victory

The 32-year-old from Madrid will ride into Paris as Tour champion-elect after arch rival Cadel Evans wilts in time trial

Young sends Villa through

Aston Villa 1 OB Odense 0: single goal from man of the match enough to send Danes out of penultimate Intertoto Cup

Business news 

BP's Russian boss goes into hiding

BP-TNK chief executive Robert Dudley sets up secret headquarters as row with Russian partners deepens

Share deal to sweeten British Energy sale

Nuclear power group's investors to be offered future profits to smooth the path for sale to Electricité de France

UK economy heading into recession: warning

Britain may face a slump on the scale of the early 1990s, fears top accountant, as half of businesses are said to be planning job cuts

Comment 

To beat extremism we must dissolve religious groups

Separatist Muslim belief is growing among the young and the moderate, tolerant majority must be alarmed by this

• Minette Marrin

Glasgow spells the end of 300-year union

A new spirit of Scottish identity has emerged into which the Scottish National party has tapped

• Simon Jenkins

There’s a lot to be said for ageing disgracefully

... just look at Mick Jagger, still swinging at 65 after a lifetime of hedonism

• India Knight

Life & Style 

Oh, to be Naomi Watts

After a decade of well-documented Hollywood mountaineering, Naomi Watts has thoroughly earned her position at the top of the A-list pile

Hot wheels: Mazda Furai

Mazda’s Furai – or ‘sound of the wind’ – concept car looks the business and goes like a hurricane

AA Gill reviews Ambassade de l’Ile

This is a restaurant where the food is four or five star, but the room barely earns one

Arts & Entertainment 

George Lucas: Mr Emperor strikes back

Star Wars made a fortune and transformed an industry. Now Lucas brings us Clone Wars, an animation with familiar faces

Sarah Silverman's UK charm offensive

America’s best-kept comic secret, foul-mouthed stand-up Silverman, is hitting cinemas. Political correctness be damned

Can Amy Winehouse be saved?

Her phenomenal talent has been eclipsed by her terrifying ability to self-destruct. Can anything save Amy from herself?