Row over London links to Detroit bomber

Yemeni Government claims Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was radicalised and recruited by al-Qaeda while a student in London

Mandelson the Protector swats away 'coup'

Lord Mandelson batted away the bid to mount a leadership challenge against Gordon Brown with contempt

Secretive food firms risk public backlash

A Lords committee warned that companies’ secretive attitude to nanotechnology would inflame public opinion, as with GM crops

Mission impassable? Not for rescuers from sky

The RAF Sea King provides emergency services during challenging weather and is vital when the air ambulance is unable to fly

Hospital term for son who tried to kill parents

Christopher Monks persuaded a friend he met on the internet to stab his parents while they slept in return for sexual favours

I spy an old favourite’s return

The books, which rescued long car journeys for fed-up children between the 1950s and the 1970s, are to make a comeback

Benefit of one-to-one tuition lasts years

Researchers at the Institute of Education analysed the impact of a programme on the children who were lowest achieving

Appeal against revealing cost of informants

Scotland Yard claims that the information gives criminals too much knowledge about how it works and its special tactics

No one ever told Pavarotti to lay off the pasta

Opera has gone the way of Hollywood in expecting its leading ladies to have legs as lissom as their larynges

‘What little we have will disappear’

Councils across the country are already facing tough decisions even before the arrival of the Personal Care at Home Bill

‘It makes us look incompetent'

Schools complain that the way funds have been handled makes them look irresponsible with their money

We should be wary of the jury-less trial

Defence lawyers are unhappy that cost may be a factor in opting for trial by a judge sitting alone

Church considers communion with conservatives

General Synod is to debate whether to recognise the Anglican Church in North America which is against pro-gay liberals

Mosaic memorial launched to 5,000 US war dead

The exhibition in London will remain unfinished until US forces withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan, the artist says

Britain refused to put Iraqi civilians at risk

Commander tells inquiry that Iraqis’ requests to strike targets were declined amid concerns over civilian casualties

Precious salt that can’t be dug up soon enough

The village of Winsford was the focus of a desperate hunt for supplies as part of the effort to keep Britain’s traffic moving

MPs call for minimum pricing for alcohol drinks

The Commons Health Committee says that there is ‘a failure of will and competence’ by the Government to tackle the issue

Hewitt and Hoon’s snowball turns to slush

Pair had reason to believe that the missile might have become an avalanche but have learnt the folly of trusting others

Difficulties of mixing soldiers and civilians

The reconstruction officials are unlikely to be missed by their military counterparts if their power is reduced this year

Lone judge prepares for historic trial

Lawyers for the ‘Heathrow four’, accused of being part of a gang that stole £1.75m, will seek to go before the Supreme Court