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Defence blunder forces Brown to beat retreat

Former defence chief rounds on PM after he admits he cut military spending rather than increased it as he told the Iraq inquiry

Worldwide transport workers back BA strikers

More British Airways flights face disruption this weekend as foreign unions offer their support to Unite as strike looms

World music DJ Charlie Gillett dies

The BBC broadcaster, who is credited with discovering Dire Straits and was a big supporter of world music, has died. He was 68

Business news  

Tullett Prebon wins poaching claim against rival

BGC Partners, the interdealer broker, is liable for damages after losing a bitterly fought High Court dispute

China warns Rio trial must not be 'politicised'

The Australian Prime Minister says the 'world will be watching' the hearing of four executives charged with espionage

• Rio Tinto 4 set to go on trial in Shanghai

• China charges Rio Tinto four with bribery

Shareholder fury as Pru chief moonlights at bank

Tidjane Thiam's decision to take on a second job while attempting the record $35.3bn takeover of AIA dismays investors

Sport News  

Abramovich on verge of Chelsea revamp

Manager Carlo Ancelotti still has support of his owner after Champions League exit, but the players might not be so lucky

• Terry breathalysed after 'running over' security man

• Chelsea likely to fine Drogba for red card

Glazers hope to cut down Red Knights

Manchester United’s American owners aim to remove debt burden and stave off £1.5 billion takeover by rich United fans

Wilkinson out after hitting Flood barrier

Toulon fly half dropped to bench as Martin Johnson makes seven changes for final RBS SIx Nations Championship match

Comment  

Stand by, and watch 1992 happen all over again

Next week’s Budget will make or break the Tories. To win they must be specific about what they will cut

• Anatole Kaletsky

Needed: a peaceful anti-Netanyahu uprising

The Israeli Prime Minister is weakening, not strengthening, his country’s position

• Malcolm Rifkind

Cameron is not the problem

The backbone of Britain needs its bubble bursting

• Matthew Parris

Life and Style  

Is global warming the new apocalypse?

Children used to dread nuclear war but we could now be terrorising them with too much talk of global warming

No university places for 50,000 with good grades

Ucas chief says competition is fiercer than ever as applications rise by 23 per cent as number of places drops by 6,000

Gone shopping: the dreaded wedding list

Dear friend, Giles and Esther would like to thank you for the giant barbecue on wheels. Or were you the loo seat?

Arts & Entertainment  

Making less and doing it better

The director of the Design Museum airs his views on the role of design in consumerism and a sustainable future

Why classical music is flowering in Scotland

Scotland today is in the grip of a classical music renaissance. Leading the charge is the conductor Donald Runnicles

Four stars for Gilad Atzmon

The jazz man, adding colour on clarinet, pushed his alto to the limits as the music took on Coltrane-style intensity