Home Office covered up immigration risk

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:43:59 GMT

Labour's “open door” immigration policy knowingly risked allowing dangerous people to settle in Britain unchecked, according to documents seen by The Sunday Times.

Sir Mark Thatcher said he was a spy for South Africans

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:42:43 GMT

Sir Mark Thatcher became an informer to the South African secret services in an attempt to avoid prosecution for his role in a botched coup in central Africa.

Army wants to retreat in Afghanistan

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:22:55 GMT

ARMY CHIEFS are drawing up plans to withdraw British troops from outlying bases in Afghanistan.

Gordon Brown calls for global banking shakeup

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:30:09 GMT

I'm doing 'God's work'. Meet Mr Goldman Sachs

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:39:53 GMT

Number 85 Broad Street, a dull, rust-coloured office block in lower Manhattan, doesn’t look like a place to stop and stare, and that’s just the way the people who work there like it. The men and women who arrive in the watery dawn sunshine, dressed in Wall Street black, clutching black briefcases and BlackBerrys, are very, very private. They walk quickly from their black Lincoln town cars to the lobby, past, well, nothing, really. There’s no name plate on the building, no sign on the front desk and the armed policeman stationed outside isn’t saying who works there. There’s a good reason for the secrecy. Number 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004, is where the money is. All of it.

Alan Sugar: I’ll fire myself – that’ll learn you

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:01:00 GMT

Stonily quiet at the back of a big, blank office on a weird, wind-whipped Essex trading estate, Sir Alan Sugar — ’skewze me, Lord Sugar — looks small, angry and alone. The businessman’s face, normally the rough beige of a Farley’s rusk, is oddly white and red, even though, as it hungrily patrols the two televisions, the computer and the iPhone near his desk, it seems to be just another grim day at the coalface for the professionally irate star of The Apprentice.

US rejects Gordon Brown's G20 plans to tax transactions

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:03:15 GMT

Gordon Brown's plans to reform the banking system by taxing transactions has been rejected by the US.

UK tourist killed in Texan shooting

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:37:24 GMT

A UK tourist has been shot dead after a gunman opened fire in amn American bar.

Bodmin house fire is now murder inquiry

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:17:31 GMT

Police have opened a murder inquiry into the death of a mother-of-five in a house fire started by a firework pushed through her door.

Further row over MPs' expenses reform

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:24:08 GMT

The 100 Best Films of the Decade

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:46 GMT

100 The Devil Wears Prada (David Frankel, 2006) Meryl Streep begins her own populist career reinvention (soon to be followed by Mamma Mia!) by playing a tyrannical and thinly disguised version of Vogue editor Anna Wintour in this satirical yet soft-centered account of life among the fashionistas.

Parents of two murdered French students begin claim for negligence

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:00 GMT

The parents of two French students murdered by an offender under probation supervision began a claim yesterday for “substantial damages” against the police and Ministry of Justice.

BA to cut tenth of jobs after losing £292m in disastrous summer

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:00 GMT

British Airways plans to cut its workforce by more than a tenth as it struggles with mounting losses. The airline said yesterday that 4,900 jobs would be lost — about 12 per cent of staff — by March.

Didier Drogba: my son told me I had to change my behaviour at Chelsea

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:00 GMT

It was not his three-match Champions League ban, the prospect of being sold by Chelsea last summer or the disapproval of some fans that convinced Didier Drogba to change his ways, but being reprimanded by his young son.

Armed Forces reputation is at risk in Afghanistan, MoD chiefs warn

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:00 GMT

The long-term future and reputation of Britain’s Armed Forces is at risk unless progress is made in Afghanistan, the two most senior officials at the Ministry of Defence warn in an internal document seen by The Times.

Investigators try to understand reasons behind Major Hasan’s rampage

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:00 GMT

Investigators have begun piecing together a harrowing story of missed clues and sudden carnage left by an army psychiatrist who gunned down more than 40 people on a Texas army base, killing 13, when faced with the prospect of deploying to a war he wished President Obama had ended.

Science Minister renews attack over adviser's sacking

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:49 GMT

Alan Johnson was wrong to sack David Nutt as his chief drugs adviser without consulting government colleagues responsible for science policy, the Science and Innovation Minister said yesterday.

Fort Hood gunman Major Nidal Hasan had being trying to leave 'anti-Muslim' Army

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:24:37 GMT

The US Army psychiatrist who shot 13 people at America’s biggest base had being trying to leave the military for six months and had complained of anti-Muslim discrimination from comrades, his family told The Times today.

Miss England loses crown after 'brawl over TV star'

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:43:34 GMT

When Rachel Christie became the first black woman to be crowned Miss England she hoped to build on that triumph with Olympic glory - like her uncle Linford Christie.

Government backs down on science freedom demands

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:06:11 GMT

The Government is to endorse a set of principles guaranteeing independence and academic freedom to its expert advisers demanded by leading scientists following the sacking of David Nutt, The Times has learnt.

Texan police officer Kim Munley who shot Fort Hood gunman hailed as a heroine

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:22:28 GMT

A police officer who intervened to stop a shooting spree at America's biggest military base was hailed today a heroine as she received treatment for the wounds received in a shoot-out with the gunman.

US jobless rate surpasses 10% to hit 26-year high

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:49:48 GMT

America's rate of unemployment crossed the 10 per cent mark in October to reach a 26-year high after jobless figures rose by 190,000 last month.

Foreign journalists arrested in Tehran crackdown

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:34:21 GMT

The Iranian regime has responded to mass protests in Tehran this week by implementing a crackdown on foreign journalists.

David Cameron: fear of failure motivates more than 'wonder' of success

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:07:23 GMT

David Cameron has said he is motivated by the fear of failure rather than the “wonder" of success and insisted he would sack George Osborne if he had to.

Video: inside the burnt-out UN massacre hostel in Kabul

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:49:47 GMT

The charred remains of the UN's Bakhtar guesthouse bear testimony to the gruesome events that unfolded here last week.

Top stories from Times Online

Home Office covered up immigration risk

Sir Mark Thatcher said he was a spy for South Africans

Army wants to retreat in Afghanistan

Gordon Brown calls for global banking shakeup

I'm doing 'God's work'. Meet Mr Goldman Sachs

Alan Sugar: I’ll fire myself – that’ll learn you

US rejects Gordon Brown's G20 plans to tax transactions

UK tourist killed in Texan shooting

Bodmin house fire is now murder inquiry

Further row over MPs' expenses reform

The 100 Best Films of the Decade

Parents of two murdered French students begin claim for negligence

BA to cut tenth of jobs after losing £292m in disastrous summer

Didier Drogba: my son told me I had to change my behaviour at Chelsea

Armed Forces reputation is at risk in Afghanistan, MoD chiefs warn

Investigators try to understand reasons behind Major Hasan’s rampage

Science Minister renews attack over adviser's sacking

Fort Hood gunman Major Nidal Hasan had being trying to leave 'anti-Muslim' Army

Miss England loses crown after 'brawl over TV star'

Government backs down on science freedom demands

Texan police officer Kim Munley who shot Fort Hood gunman hailed as a heroine

US jobless rate surpasses 10% to hit 26-year high

Foreign journalists arrested in Tehran crackdown

David Cameron: fear of failure motivates more than 'wonder' of success

Video: inside the burnt-out UN massacre hostel in Kabul