UK News from The Guardian
Miami face-eater victim 'recovering well' from wounds
66-year-old had four reconstructive surgeries since the attack which left him blind last year and 'is very content' right nowA homeless man whose face was chewed off in a cannibal-style attack on a ...
FTSE 100 within sight of all-time high
Index closes at 6803.87 – just 130 points below peak reached on 30 December 1999 at height of the dotcom boomThe London stock market is within sight of its all-time closing high after another surge in ...
Iran election: Rafsanjani blocked from running for president
List of eight candidates allowed to run in race to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad excludes two leading figuresAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the leading opposition-backed candidate in Iran's presidential ...
French historian kills himself at Notre Dame Cathedral after gay marriage rant
Far-right essayist Dominique Venner, 78, shoots himself at altar after writing blogpost condemning same-sex marriage law A far-right French historian has killed himself at the altar of Notre Dame ...
Microsoft unveils Xbox One console - live blog
Microsoft is showing off its new rival to Sony's Playstation 4 in first major revamp of Xbox since 2005. Follow live coverage hereAmanda Holpuch ...
Tim Cook defends Apple tax policy in Senate hearings – live blog
Apple has denied findings by congressional investigators that they use 'highly questionable' tax minimization strategy. Follow it live hereJim Newell ...
April Jones trial: jury hears bone fragments could have come from child
17 fragments were found in log burner at Mark Bridger's home, while another was recovered from plughole, court is toldExperts found "strong evidence" that fragments of burnt bone discovered at the ...
Shell suffers embarrassing shareholder rebellion over executive pay
Bonus awarded to outgoing chief executive Peter Voser prompts 8% of shareholders to vote against remuneration policyShell suffered an embarrassing 10% shareholder rebellion against its executive pay ...
Newspaper royal charter plans are 'bizarre', says Liberty director
Shami Chakrabarti blasts government and press proposals for watchdog, saying they have failed to follow Leveson blueprintA key adviser to the Leveson report, the civil rights campaigner Shami ...
Oklahoma governor: tornado rescue crews still looking for survivors - live blog
A major disaster has been declared in Oklahoma after a tornado struck, killing scores of peopleTom McCarthyHaroon Siddique ...
Nigerian military in heavy fighting with Boko Haram militants
Army says it has faced fierce resistance in its offensive against Islamist insurgents who are armed with weapons from LibyaNigeria's military has been involved in heavy fighting with Islamist ...
Royal Mail profits surge ahead of planned sell-off
Annual profits rise to £324m as the government prepares to sell the 497-year-old postal serviceRoyal Mail has reported a 60% increase in pre-tax annual profits to £324m, as the government prepares to ...
Oklahoma rescuers comb wreckage for survivors in wake of savage tornado
Officials searching through the rubble revise death toll in Moore down from 51 to 24, but say figure could climb againRescue workers continued to search for survivors amid scenes of devastation on ...
Israel and Syria exchange fire in the Golan Heights
Syrian army says it destroyed 'Israeli vehicle with everyone in it', but Israel reports only minor damage and no injuriesA cross-border exchange of fire in the Golan Heights between the Israeli and ...
NHS chief to step down next year after criticism over Mid Staffs scandal
Sir David Nicholson, who came under intense pressure after Francis report, tells 'surprised' Jeremy Hunt he plans to retireSir David Nicholson, the NHS chief executive caught up in the Stafford ...
Iran cracks down on activists in runup to election
• Activists held and campaigners targeted as elections near• Guardian launches database of Iran's prisoners of conscienceIran has launched a public crackdown on dissent before next month's ...
Iran's prisoners of conscience – an interactive guide
As Iran gears up for a presidential election in June, the conditions in which prisoners of conscience are held in some of the country's most notorious prisons have worsened. Here are some of the ...
Independent Scotland's economy has what it takes to thrive, says Salmond
First minister sets out economic case for independence, saying Scotland's potential has been repeatedly stifled by Westminster Alex Salmond has insisted that Scotland has "got what it takes" to be a ...
Phonics literacy test for young children 'a waste of time and money'
Test would have minimal, if any, long-term impact on pupils' standards of reading and writing, research showsThe phonics literacy test applied to first-year schoolchildren in England has had a minimal ...
Call for police to be allowed to name some suspects on arrest
Director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, says naming certain suspects may prompt more victims to come forwardBritain's top prosecutor has called for more "wriggle room" in new rules which say ...
Torture victims win test case over detention in UK immigration centres
High court orders Home Office to compensate four asylum seekers and says it failed to follow own policy on torture victimsThe Home Office has been ordered by the high court to pay compensation to four ...
Tamiflu stockpile cost taxpayers £74m in spoiled drugs
NHS lost track of bird flu drug shelf-life dates because of poor record-keeping, National Audit Office findsTaxpayers lost £74m when 6.5m doses of an anti-flu drug were written off as being past their ...
Apple tax row: Ireland says its tax regime is not to blame
Deputy prime minister Eamon Gilmore insists any loopholes in international tax rules exploited by Apple were 'issues that arise from other jurisdictions'Ireland's deputy prime minister Eamon Gilmore ...
Police investigate historic abuse claims at school linked to Cyril Smith
Allegations from 1970s onwards relate to Knowl View school in Rochdale, where Smith was chairman of governorsThree former pupils at a residential school linked to the late Sir Cyril Smith have ...
Public has right to know Boris Johnson fathered child during affair, court rules
Senior judges dismiss Helen Macintyre's attempt to hide paternity of child born after brief affair with mayor of LondonThe public has a right to know that Boris Johnson had an extramarital affair with ...
