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Cash crisis hits the ‘home of science’

The future of the Royal Institution, where Michael Faraday and Sir Humphry Davy once worked, has been thrown into doubt

‘Woods was drinking before crash’

The golfer was suspected of being 'impaired' on the night of his accident after his wife gave information to state troopers

Obama unveils $200bn new deal for unemployed

Economy remains dominant issue among voters as Obama and his Democratic Party head into 2010 mid-term elections

Business news  

Tax fears over RBS-linked bonus pool

Top RBS Sempra Commodities traders may receive $5m each this year, provoking new anger at financial sector pay

Documents show earlier Dubai World bailout

A property subsidiary could have lost up to $6 billion in the first half of this year had it not been given government cash

• Global markets hit by new Dubai debt fears

• Last days of Rome in Dubai

Tesco fails to increase market share

Doubling Clubcard points costs the retailer an extra £5.5 million a week, but has helped it to retain customers

Sport News  

Kakuta shines despite Chelsea's worrying lapses

Chelsea 2 Apoel 2: sloppy defending costs Carlo Ancelotti's men two points and sends opponents into the Europa League

• Ancelotti accuses his players of being soft

• Ancelotti blames City defeat on midfield

Anderson and Sidebottom running out of time

Mark Davies prepares to take his place in attack as England’s experienced pace bowlers miss first of two warm-up games

Kinane leaves a dazzling legacy and no regrets

It is entirely fitting that the man whose career unfolded on his terms should leave the sport on his terms, says Julian Muscat

Comment  

Slay sacred cows and be candid

Alistair Darling should take his Labour predecessor Roy Jenkins as a role model

• Vince Cable

We cannot let these 100 deaths deflect us

More lives will be lost in Afghanistan before we are through but it is a war of necessity not choice

• Bob Ainsworth

A musician’s guide to climate change

I felt powerless and ignorant, so I read lots of books. And here’s what I learnt

• Andy Cato

Life and Style  

Lady Gaga's teacup and Cheryl's hair

2009 in fashion: there may have been a recession, but life goes on

Is six children a blessing or three a crowd?

As the Copenhagen summit gets under way, we meet a large and a small family to assess their relative carbon footprints

Bid for Henry Holland's one-off Christmas stocking

Henry Holland is the fourth designer to create a Christmas stocking for times2 this week. Find out how to bid

Arts & Entertainment  

America in the abstract

He was grouped with Pop artists, Minimalists, and “hard-edge” painters. But none quite described Ellsworth Kelly

Three stars for Alison Moyet at the Festival Hall

A jazzy Windmills of Your Mind was so bold that you felt she had been robbed of the chance to record a Bond theme

Cimate change humour? Mark Watson’s Earth Summit

If he disregards the disappointment of those expecting a straight comedy show, this show could find the rhythm it needs