£18bn nuclear storage facility to be built

Proposals for major energy projects, such as nuclear power stations and radioactive storage, are to bypass council planners

Remembrance prayers have added poignancy

As the deaths of two more soldiers are announced, servicemen in Afghanistan and at the Cenotaph remember fallen comrades

Blair makes final throw of dice for presidency

The former prime minister has made a flurry of calls to continental leaders to revive his attempt to be president of Europe

First victory... now down to business

After triumph, 'David and Goliath' victor aims to take on the world

Individual carbon ration account proposed

If people used up their yearly ration early, they would have to buy extra from those who had not used their full allowance

After the Lotto cheque is banked ...

How things have turned out quite differently for two people who won the lottery

So what if I copied, says former Poet Laureate

Shakespeare did it all the time, says the former Poet Laureate, and there is an honourable tradition of using others' work

Plagiarism? No, all real artists are magpies

There are no hard and fast rules for this kind of stuff, but we do live in a world where “sampling” is easier and easier to do

Poppies evoke foreign field of Afghanistan

Britons are more aware of their soldiers' sacrifices than at any time since 1945. But then, the war was plainly necessary

Sightings of water voles double

The mammal, considered to be declining fastest in the UK, is being spotted more, particularly on the Kennet and Avon Canal

Cut-price genome readings may lead to tests for everyone

For $5,000 a Californian company can read a person's genome sequence, bringing it within the reach of the NHS and insurers

You can still be risqué, BBC chief tells stars

Move to avoid backlash as the corporation's ‘top talent’ shows signs of rebelling against new politically correct culture

Concerns raised over eco-label for fish

A scheme intended to conserve fish stocks is not providing protection, critics say. Only one certificate has been rejected

Everyone for himself in the city of unity

After the finale of the Berlin Wall celebrations, EU leaders will fight over the top jobs made possible by the events of 1989

Tighter security as Real IRA targets judges

Families are told to check under their cars as intelligence suggests a renewed republican campaign against the judiciary

The Snow Goose tops BBC ‘lost books’ poll

Paul Gallico's novel is to be adapted for radio after being voted the most deserving of rediscovery by Radio 4 listeners

Queen’s English Society boss’s poor spelling

Bernard Lamb, the organisation's president, learnt to spell after the embarrassment of being corrected by a foreign student

Treatment centres ‘cherry pick’ best patients

Study suggests that private treatment centres profit at the expense of NHS hospitals by not taking on complex cases

Students face rise in fees and loan costs

An independent review of the funding of higher education, by Lord Browne of Madingley, will also look at student debt

Explorer wants to settle old score with bullies

Sir Ranulph Fiennes tells how his tormentors at Eton led him to think about suicide and how he still contemplates revenge