ToryDiary: Michael Gove, banding, school admissions - and selection by abilityFrancis Davis on Platform: The Big Society should be the means by which people reclaim duties and rights stolen from them by overwhelming bureaucraciesLeftWatch: GMB leade...

In case you hadn’t heard, there’s an Apple event (iPad update we presume) going on this Wednesday, September 1st, and the rumours are still hotting up more than ever. AppleInsider has one of the more interesting rumours floating around t...

The moment that the English Health Minister mentions that he is considering replacing NHS Direct with the new non-emergency number 111 the internet goes mad. Accusations of Thatcherism and of destroying the NHS have been flying around all day, whils...

Police arrest man on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud bookmakers during current Test at Lord'sPolice arrested a man on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud bookmakers earlier today following allegations of match-fixing during the current cricket Tes...

Iain Dale is currently very busy putting himself about in the mainstream media taking a ‘principled’ stand against the way Paul Staines (‘Guido Fawkes’) has been running his site like an open sewer. To cover ...

Today Total Politics announces the top 20 Northern Irish blogs.Here's the full list:1 (1) Slugger O'Toole2 Splintered Sunrise3 (3) A Pint of Unionist Lite4 (2) Three Thousand Versts5 (5) A Tangled Web6 Open Unionism7 (14) Lord Belmont in Northern Ir...

• Review of IPCC calls for tighter term limits on top bosses• Changes required to ensure science panel's credibilityRajendra Pachauri, who leads the UN's science panel on climate change, is coming under pressure to step aside as chair of the organis...

News has just reached the Voice that Sir Cyril Smith, for 20 years Liberal (then Liberal Democrat) MP for Rochdale, has just passed away. Just over two years agho, Lib Dem Voice published an appreciation of Cyril’s life to mark his 80th birthd...

Tea Party activists gather in Washington to hear Glenn Beck on anniversary of King's 'I have a dream' speechTens of thousands descended on Washington today for one of the biggest culture clashes in decades – one that pitted an almost exclusively whi...

In an email sent this afternoon, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has written about his trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Earlier this week this week I went to Afghanistan and Pakistan to see for myself the problems and challenges that those countr...

That is the question most UKIP members are wondering as the Party looks ahead to its Annual Conference later this week in Torquay.Farage is a founding member of UKIP and is by far the Party's best known face and personality. Speaking personally, he ...

We asked what was the point of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)  recently and… well… didn’t really come up with a decent answer. They’re like toothless combs scraping over a bald man’s shining dome. Well, now t...

Bottles and stones thrown as police separate EDL from anti-fascist groups in Yorkshire cityBottles, stones and a smoke bomb have been hurled by supporters of the English Defence League (EDL) and opponents from Unite Against Fascism during protests i...

Afghan authorities are keeping a close eye on world wheat prices as they seek to boost strategic stocks ahead of winter and ensure that demand is met as some traditional suppliers halt exports. Afghanistan is among the most vulnerable countries in t...

The Royal Mail have finally gone and done the thing we’ve all been yearning for. We’ve waited years, but at last, it is here. Ladies and gentlefolk, the Royal Mail has made an intelligent stamp. We know that you lot have been itching for...

A chef from Texas is set to become a hero to beer and fried-food loving men everywhere... after creating a recipe for deep-fried beer. Mark Zable says he came up with the idea while sitting in a bar (where else?) and being bored by the majority of...

Barack Obama says Iraq is now 'free to chart its own course'President Barack Obama said today the end of combat operations in Iraq doesn't just reaffirm the country's sovereignty, but makes good on one of his main campaign pledges.Obama used his wee...

Sony is back in the digital camera game, introducing new models which are powered by the world’s first translucent mirror technology that paves the way for simultaneous auto focus and capture in an interchangeable lens digital camera. These ...

In the end, Belfast City Airport’s recent outreach event didn’t attract a lot of people over the terminal threshold to hear what the airport was up to. While 21,000 local homes may have received the regular airport newsletter, only 42 people turned ...

Kate Moss poses in the 2010/11 advertising campaign for jeweller David Yurman. Kate is seen laying on her front wearing only a heavy chain necklace and bracelet in the shots taken by renowned... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website f...

The week ended with a flurry of activity, Sebastien Squillaci’s signing confirmed and the draw for the Champions League deciding that Arsenal had not travelled far enough in previous campaigns, send Wenger and the squad to the Ukraine in Novem...

Google [GOOG] has been making a lot of acquisitions recently, mainly in the social networking and gaming arena, its latest purchase is a company called SocialDeck who make games for mobile phones and smartphones. SocialDeck mainly makes multiplayer ...

A reader writes...With the current format of e-mail address being...@new.labour.org.ukwill a change of leader lead to a new address if one of the Ed's win?Possibly...@pre.new.labour.electoralculdesac.org.uk How very cruel.I thought I'd just put this...

• Hit F5 for the latest or select the auto-refresh button below• Follow all of today's action on our live scoreboard• Email all your thoughts to simon.burnton@guardian.co.uk45 mins: Three minutes' stoppage time to be played here.43 mins: Holden, pro...

Free iPhone app monitors heartbeat – and helps doctors save lives in remote areasThe stethoscope – medical icon, lifesaver and doctor's best friend – is disappearing from hospitals across the world as physicians increasingly use their smartphones to...

• Arsenal midfielder was involved in an incident this morning• Spokesman says youngster is 'unlikely' to face chargesThe Arsenal and England midfielder Jack Wilshere was arrested in the early hours of the morning following a "fracas", according to a...

Outbreak at University College London Hospital affected 13 premature babiesA premature baby died at one of England's leading hospitals during an outbreak of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that affected 13 infants, it emerged today.The death has raise...

Live Art Speed Dates « Stan’s Cafe Theatre Company “coming to the West Midlands on 25th September as part of Fierce Festival’s fun and games” Artists wanted for smoke-free project Suggest an idea. A group of young people may choose to a...

Britain’s Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) certainly think social media can be regulated, having today announced that online content from the UK will be subject to the same regulation as that of other media. The extended regulations are...

Theresa May: Home Secretary and an evil, loathsome woman.Having woken up to the existence of the European Arrest Warrant, Iain Dale shows a touching faith in Our New Coalition Overlords™ in his confident assertion that they will do something a...