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Leaders agree to TV election debates

Gordon Brown will go head to head with David Cameron and Nick Clegg in first such broadcasts in British history

Yorkshire vicar advises parishioners to shoplift

Father Tim Jones says stealing can be permitted because 'God’s love for the poor outweighs the property rights of the rich'

Fake places scandal college gets new licence

A Manchester college that sold fake places to hundreds of foreign nationals has been given the go-ahead to practise again

Business news  

Fog hits BAA airport ownership

Company's successful tribunal appeal deepens uncertainty over forced sale of Stansted and either Edinburgh or Glasgow

BP set to appeal over $100m Texas City award

Oil giant believes that 'unjustified' fine, for 2007 incident at troubled refinery, would be slashed in a legal battle

Shopping centre projects delayed

Constricted credit is behind the decline in development. Retail centre floor space under construction is half that of last year

Sport News  

Ronaldo: 'I miss Manchester United'

Portugal winger believes he made the correct choice when joining Real Madrid but still holds a soft spot for Old Trafford

• War of words ends with Real getting their man

• Replacing Ronaldo is thankless task for Ferguson

Terry reminded of England responsibilities

Chelsea defender left in no doubt that his position carries certain expectations in terms of public behaviour and conduct

Schumacher sticks neck out for Mercedes

The German said to have had no recurrence of his injury and aims to add to his seven world titles on likely return next year

Comment  

Voters always go for Santa, not Scrooge

Cameron has gone from blue skies to ‘bah humbug’. Brown has tried to do the reverse

• Rachel Sylvester

Stop worrying about Iran's bomb

Protests underline how Tehran's regime is faltering. The West’s obsession risks throwing it a lifeline

• Nader Mousavizadeh

Factory schools aren't real education

A ten-hour day could close the attainment gap between state and private, but only if it’s used well

• Anthony Seldon

Life and Style  

Surviving a stepfamily Christmas

Sharing the children can be heartbreaking at this time of year, but with compromise you might be able to please everyone

The rise of Bristol

Welcome to the city of extended youth and Britain's hippest city, with its ethical start-ups, offbeat artists and green-living locals

How to carve a chicken or turkey

The MasterChef finalist demonstrates the best way to carve a bird

Arts & Entertainment  

The decade in film

The Noughties were the decade in which the drama of real life left the movies in the dust, decides Wendy Ide

Five stars for the Pet Shop Boys

The Pet Shop Boys have finally got the formula right with this sense-swamping, brainy-pop spectacular show

Russell T. Davies's favourite Doctor Who moments

The man who regenerated the ultimate Timelord shares his favourite moments from the iconic show with Caitlin Moran

Arts & Entertainment  

The decade in pop

The iPod revolutionised the role of music in our interior world, making us DJs in our own private disco

Guy Ritchie on Sherlock Holmes

The director's detective is an all-out action hero, but his film is still true to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Victorian icon

Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin get complicated

Older people in a romcom? Actually having sex? Finally, two of Hollywood's best actors are set to explode the clichés