IN DEPTH: the climate change doubters

The sceptic landscape ranges from those scurrilously pursuing scientific truth to others with more obvious aims

ANALYSIS: too big for a conspiracy

The idea that global warming is an elaborate hoax suffers from the fatal flaw that afflicts most conspiracy theories

World Cup draw: as it happened

Fabio Capello's side have been given a good draw for the group stage. See how the ceremony unfolded with our live coverage

World's religious heads demand climate action

Archbishop of Canterbury to preach in Westminster before a 'stop climate change' march by up to 10,000 protesters

Blood clot risk lasts up to a year after surgery

Patients may need to be medicated longer after study finds risk of fatal blood clot is far higher than previously thought

Freed yachtsmen say sorry to their families

The British sailors taken captive by Iran reunite with their relatives and apologise for their agonising wait

Ed Miliband: Tories are 'climate saboteurs'

Climate Change Secretary says senior Conservatives are undermining the Copenhagen summit with by supporting sceptics

Father of Amanda Knox 'very hopeful' as jury retires

Jury starts deliberations over its verdict on American and her former boyfriend accused of killing young British student

Miliband feels wrath of mumsnet over nappy gaffe

Climate Change Secretary blasted in internet chat after admitting that he uses disposable nappies for his baby son

Competing cheques and balances

No wonder RBS is worried. Barclays and Lloyds are boosting salaries and offering bonuses

One in five Scots unable to read and write

Educationalists call for action as research reveals a fifth of Scottish adults lack literacy skills

Police investigate forged Tracey Emin letter

Note dropped through letterboxes in fashionable London district talks of developing a nearby weaving works into an art studio

Sommerset home to elixir of life

Men living in the village of Montecute can expect 25 more years of life. Why? The locals say it's the vegetables

Tories to pay loans of maths graduates who teach

Conservative Party unveils plan to attract 2,500 more graduates a year in science, maths, technology and engineering

A stitch in time mends prisoners' lives

The charity Fine Cell Work encourages inmates to take up needlework, to help them both emotionally and financially

Death sentence for former British soldier upheld

Joshua French and his friend, Tjostolv Moland, a former Norwegian soldier, deny murdering their Congolese driver in May

Pecks and the city

Vets, feed manufacturers and hen-house makers record rise in urban chicken farming, but Defra is not so pleased

The case for uncapped pay in the NHS

The skills and experience that are needed to lead large organisations in the health service are considerable and scarce

£846bn – taxpayer's burden after bailouts

The Government said that RBS was ‘reasonably strong’ less than one week before it was rescued with a £37 billion loan

Treasury pays City firms £107m for advice

Slaughter and May and Credit Suisse are the biggest financial winners in the Government’s rescue of Northern Rock and RBS