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Peer challenged over CND and 'Soviet funds'

Questions over the new 'Foreign Minister' for Europe after her history as a senior member of the CND came to light

Tactics and spin in Mullah Omar speech

An address attributed to Mullah Omar, the reclusive head of the Afghan movement, seeks to weaken resolve over war

Stars caught out as Dubai property bubble bursts

Credit markets rocked as developer Nakheel and its state-owned parent made a request to suspend debt repayments

Business news  

Water companies told to cut bills by £3 a year

Ofwat's cuts, reducing the average annual bill to £300, is less than expected but companies may still have to seek funding

National Express loses remaining rail franchise

Department for Transport to take control of the East Anglian service, leaving the transport group as a bus business

BA crew strike back at poor service online

Online chat forums have been inundated with complaints after the airline's decision to cut staff on long-haul flights

Sport News  

United facing a Real problem after shock defeat

European football's big guns lie in wait after loss to Besiktas puts chances of winning Champions League group in jeopardy

• United find solace in Liverpool humbling

• Foster suffers another uncomfortable night

Anelka swoops late as Chelsea stroll

Porto 0 Chelsea 1: Didier Drogba makes quick return from rib injury as Nicolas Anelka’s goal ensures Chelsea finish as group winners

Broad hopes he is in the clear from injuries

The fast bowler is optimistic that he will be able to make his first appearance for England since the Champions Trophy

Comment  

The ghost of Robin Cook haunts Chilcot’s feast

In 2003 the irascible MP resigned over the Iraq war. His clarity of principle contrasts sharply with today’s grey fudge

• Ben Macintyre

Violence: let’s separate the men from the boys

Posters, T-shirts and education campaigns won’t do. Only robust child protection will break the cycle for boys – and girls

• Camila Batmangelidjh

Without maths we’re lost in a dark labyrinth

It’s the glue that binds scientific and artistic cultures. The language of number and symmetry is spoken everywhere

• Marcus du Sautoy

Life and Style  

Maybe it's time for men's lib

It's a dire time for the stronger sex. Men are in the firing line of sexism, too, so please stop the ‘dorking down’

No apology for Germany’s own Nazi victims

Countries are apologising for past wrongs. Yet many casualties of Hitler’s sterilisation programme feel ignored today

My year of swimming dangerously

It’s the sport most people say they would like to do more of, but what if you can’t swim? Colin Crummy takes the plunge

Arts & Entertainment  

The new generation of musicals

As Legally Blonde: The Musical opens, doomsayers predict that the musical is dying. But they’ve always said that

Four stars for Stewart Lee

What I like best is the way he brings a deeply-felt moral core to work that delights in playing with surfaces

Chris Wood's haunting folk

“I can’t write about anything that doesn’t move me,” says the down-to-earth Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year