The Sunday Herald and the Sun have by their actions shown (if it were not already apparent) the madness of super injunctions taken out by the rich and powerful.
In the recently released "Giving White Paper" report, the Cabinet Office has revealed details about several newly planned reforms designed to increase the amount British citizens donate to charity.
The ash cloud from the erupting Grimsvotn volcano in Iceland is expected to disrupt U.K. flights from Tuesday morning, the Civil Aviation Authority said.
David Cameron told ITV1's Daybreak the law should be reviewed to "catch up with how people consume media today" before adding that "It is rather unsustainable, this situation, where newspapers can't print something that clearly everybody else is talking about.”
Calls to name the footballer who had an alleged affair with model Imogen Thomas saw a spike in search traffic on Twitter and crashed the Scotland Herald's website last night. As of midday the Scottish newspaper's website is still down.
Us President Barack Obama's trip to Europe is indeed quite a trip as it will include visits to Ireland, Britain, France and Poland and a G-8 summit. The visit will start with Ireland, and finish with Poland.
Last year's Iceland ash cloud caused many Britons to check their travel insurance policies for an eventuality that few had previously considered. So, few could have imagined that the industry would have to deal with a similar episode so soon after the first with forecasters warning that the plume from the Grimsvotn volcano could be blown to northern Scotland tomorrow, and the rest of Britain by Thursday.
The first death penalty following the revolution that ousted former president Hosni Mubarak, has been handed down as a police officer found guilty of killing protesters was sentenced to death.
The law surrounding privacy injunctions intensified on Sunday when The Sunday Herald printed a front-page photograph of the footballer alleged to have had an affair with the model Imogen Thomas.
The 1967 proposal has frequently been used in the last few years by the American diplomatic corps when referring to a potential solution to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It was first publicly suggested in 2010, during a visit in Bahrain when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton let slip that "we believe that the 1967 borders, with swaps, should be the focus of the negotiations over borders." At that time however the Obama’s administration believed that it was possible to reconcile t...
One of Britain's top judges has called for a distinction between Twitter users, bloggers and national newspapers.
Peter Mandelson has emerged as an unexpected outsider for the managing director job at the IMF following the resignation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn over sexual assault charges and Chinese recommendation
Yesterday in his latest major speech on the Middle East, President Obama pledged American support for pro-democracy uprisings in the region. However, in the Gulf, commentators are criticising what they see as a safe choice. They insist that the speech didn't cover new ground, was short on policy prescriptions, and that the president missed a chance to apologise for America's history of supporting the dictators people revolted against. Has Obama then missed the chance of opening "a new c...
A new parliamentary motion has urged Ofcom to extend its next generation mobile broadband to cover 98 percent of the country.
After standing down from his role as The Guardian's Head of Technology last week, Mike Bracken has just been appointed as the government's acting executive director of Digital.
The media should be informed before gagging orders are brought against them, a report by top judges says.
The youngest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is rumoured to be on a visit to China in what many observer see as an indication of the role of Kim Jong-un as a potential successor to his father. Although his whereabouts remain partially unknown, he was reported by South Korean media to have taken the train to China, which is known to be North Korea’s main ally.
Anger is growing amongst student groups at the London School of Economics after one of its lecturers wrote a blog post discussing "why black women are less physically attractive".
After the historic symbolism of the previous two days, the third day of the Queen's Ireland visit was understandably muted.
US President Barack Obama’s discourse, yesterday marked a “new chapter" in diplomacy after the Arab Spring uprisings, the leader explained. Talking from the state department, shifting from a military to a diplomatic emphasis, Mr Obama insisted on the interrelated nature of the US-Middle East relationship: “ though these countries may be a great distance from our shores, we know that our own future is bound to this region by the forces of economics and security; history and faith”, he said.
Colonel Gaddafi will inevitably leave or be forced from power, says Barack Obama, after NATO allies continue their bombing campaign.
The high court has partially lifted the gagging order brought by Sir Fred Goodwin, the former chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, after details of his alleged extra-marital affair were made public in the House of Lords.
U.S. President Barack Obama is making a speech on the Middle East, viewed by many as a follow up to his 2009 Cairo speech. In it he gives his views on the "Arab Spring". Follow it here.
David Cameron is set to discuss the crackdown on protesters by Bahrain's authorities when he meets with the Gulf state's crown prince later today.
Barack Obama’s widely anticipated speech will see him try to rehabilitate the image of the US in the Middle East by repositioning the country as a solid supporter of newly-emerging Arab democracies. His speech comes amid criticism that the US has been too slow to support the uprisings, and has adopted contradictory approaches in its dealings with different countries.
A spectacular fire has broken out in Newcastle-upon-Tyne sending thick black smoke over the famous Byker Wall flats.
The culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has ruled out introducing a new privacy law to deal with issues around superinjunctions and gagging orders, following a meeting with the justice secretary, Ken Clarke, on Thursday - The Guardian reports.
Alex Salmond was today sworn in to the role of First Minister a day after his re-election by MSPs.
Newly sworn in Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has expressed his desire for Scotland's energy be 100 percent renewable by the year 2020.
The Scottish government's 2020 target for generating renewable electricity has been raised from 80 to 100 per cent.
