POLITICS

After being criticised for not communicating their initial plans well enough, have the government fared any better in revealing their new plans? Here is a roundup of the new reforms and how they differ from the previous plans.

Mimicking the "careless talk costs lives" slogan of the Second World War, the MOD has issued a fresh updated version of the slogan to members of its armed services warning, "careless tweets cost lives."

George Osbourne is proposing the biggest bank shake up since the 1930's with controversial plans to ring fence retail arms of banks. He is set to face 'formidable opposition' from the banks in what could be one of the most challenging reforms of the banking sector. The Chancellor wants banks to ring fence their retail banking arms to protect the public if their trading and investment arms were to hit serious trouble.

On Tuesday, armed men stormed the provincial council in Baqubah, the capital of Diyala province, killing at least eight people in the latest assault on government buildings in Sunni parts of Iraq.

Ed Miliband and what passes for his leadership of the Labour Party have come under increasing scrutiny in the last few days. This scrutiny has lead to an increase in commentators on both the left and the right buying into a strange delusion, that David Miliband would have been a great leader of the current opposition.

Joanna Fralli and Jamie Sewart, the juror and defendant held responsible for the collapse of a multi-million-pound drug trial, have today been found guilty of contempt of court.

With news of 35 alleged Anonymous members currently being detained by the authorities, many analysts have come to question just how long it will be until LulzSec finds itself in law enforcement agencies firing lines following its high-profile cyber attack on the U.S. Senate.

Lebanon's new Prime Minister Najib Mikati, finally announced on Monday the makeup of the long-delayed government, which include various members and allies of the Shiite militant group Hezbollah.

Members from both the National Union of Teachers and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers have voted overwhelmingly to take strike action in a row with the government over pensions. Union leaders said they were outraged by Government demands for a 3.4 per cent increase in pension contributions by 2014.

The coalition has placed the United Kingdom on a road to austerity. The vaccination debate is sensitive. Primarily the government's first priority should be to keep their people safe and healthy. With defence and health care cuts can they really justify spending extra on international aid? The government may be heading down a thoroughly noble path but is the timing all wrong?

The Russian head of the World Chess Federation said on Tuesday that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is open to talks with NATO and the country's rebels.

Despite efforts from the Italian government to delay the referendum, the results of the vote that was held on 12-13 June constituted yet another major setback for Silvio Berlusconi's regime , proving that the Italian people are more than fed up with their leader.

Seven Republican candidates came together on Monday in a debate in New Hampshire, which holds the first primary of the 2012 election. Michelle Bachmann, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum addressed issues ranging from the state of the economy to abortion rights.

The head of the Royal Navy, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, the First Sea Lord, has warned that the UK fleet will not be able to continue the current scale of operations around Libya beyond the summer unless ministers take tough decisions about what they want to prioritise.

Significant aftershocks continued to rock the New Zealand city of Christchurch today, following two strong quakes that brought down new buildings and caused the death of one nursing home resident on Monday.

The juror reported as being responsible for the collapse of a £6 million drugs trial in Manchester could face jail time.

When Sarah Palin herself encouraged people to read them, saying they would detail a governor 'hard at work' many believed that there would be more that would tarnish her reputation. Apart from s shady deal with ex BP boss Tony Haywood, there is very little to go on.

The loose-knit hacking collective LulzSec, which is responsible for numerous recent attacks on several big-name games developers including Sony and Nintendo, yesterday released two statements on its website claiming responsibility for successful cyber attacks against the U.S. Senate and Bethesda Softworks.

Greece has become the lowest rated country in the world, falling behind nations such as Jamaica and Grenada after Standard and Poor's cut the country's rating by three notches. Greece now has a credit rating of CCC, down from its rating of B and it is expected to be reduced further. There is now growing frustration in Europe over the efforts being made by the Greek government with a default the most likely outcome.

The hacker group LulzSec, which has claimed responsibility for several high-publicity attacks on Sony, Nintendo and even the NHS, yesterday posted a message on its website claiming responsibility for a new successful cyber attack on the U.S. Senate.

Could the situation in Libya become any more complicated? The conflict which opposes Col Gaddafi to the rebel fighters and Nato is now threatening to turn into a real legal quagmire as all parties are accused to trespassing the law in a way or another

Ed Miliband has delivered a 'key note' speech which was designed to put Labour on a path for electoral success and to try and put the embarrassing headlines of the weekend to one side. It has been a highly uncomfortable week for the Labour leader; starting with the leaks of Ed Balls' private emails and letters to Gordon Brown and culminating with the rumours that David Miliband has been plotting against him. The Labour leader is tasked with putting his party back on course, with a lack ...

With Spanish police having just arrested three suspected members of the loose-knit hacking collective Anonymous last week, Turkish authorities have reportedly detained a further 32 suspected members of the Anonymous group.

The juror reported as causing the collapse of a £6 million drugs trial against eight defendants by talking to one of the accused on Facebook is set to stand trial for contempt of court.

Ed Miliband's has tried to use his speech this afternoon to detract away from the controversies of the last week. It has no doubt been the toughest of week in his short political career with questions over his relationship with David Miliband and his own performance as leader, Ed Miliband was keen to talk about policy and show the Labour Party was standing up for people. The speech was designed to give us an insight into what the future of the Labour Party will look like under his leadership ...

UK Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged £814m to help vaccinate children around the world against preventable diseases like pneumonia at the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (Gavi) conference in London.

BBC 2 will air 'Choosing to Die' at 9pm on Monday evening sparking widespread condemnation from officials and licence payers. The film 'Choosing to Die' is a documentary about Peter Swedley, a motor neurone suffer who is chosen to take his own life in Switzerland. The film shows the last breath of Peter Swedley before he passes away. The film is designed to highlight the suffering of people with terminal disease and to illustrate the tremendous heart break and strain such diseases pl...

The press in Turkey has welcomed the success of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) in this weekend's general election.

In a week where the coalition should have looked to capitalise on the embarrassing letters and emails of Ed Balls, have party politics have got in the way of NHS reform once again? With that said, the tension within the ranks of the coalition is set to intensify. This week, Nick Clegg is expected to claim 'victory' against the Tory's in an address to Liberal Democrats in a move that is expected to infuriate Conservative backbenchers. They believe that Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has...