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Developing countries attack plan to offer warming help as loans instead of grants

Government department admits that designs for the Olympic aquatic centre broke its budget of £73m in 2005

Five nests and 38 eggs are main hope of survival for the majestic hen harrier

Speaker and House of Commons' authorities lose case to stop the release of details of MPs' expenses

Two judges removed from office for professional misconduct in 2005, Ministry of Justice reveals

Simon Pegg and Toby Young are in town to promote the film of Young's bestseller, How To Lose Friends and Alienate People

The cost for avant-garde architect Zaha Hadid's aquatics centre more than trebles to £242m

Downing Street pledges to press ahead with its counter-terrorism bill as Labour rebels step up their campaign

The legal case for the 2003 invasion of Iraq 'wasn't clear' and 'still isn't clear', admits Cherie Blair

Support worker at Kensington Housing Trust bought boy in Nigeria for £150 and used forged birth certificate to get visa for him

Polish capital beats London and New York in survey to find best value cultural destination

A three-year-old caused a full-scale police search when he wandered off from his mother in a busy market and sneaked on to a bus yesterday.

William MacGonagall has long been celebrated as Britain's worst poet. Now his work is in demand

City of London police made serious mistakes in horse racing corruption investigation according to review

Flower show focuses on sustainability and demonstrates climate change need not turn backyards into deserts

More news from around the UK

Police officer says he wants to buy a row of beers for army medic who helped him escape

Newspaper admits libel over corporation tax story, but it will fight claim of malicious falsehood

Labour supporters question strategy of portraying rival as stereotypical Tory posh boy in Crewe byelection

The result in Crewe and Nantwich could be crucial for the short-term future of the parties

Emphasis on produce from local producers, but critics fear effect on high streets

Government divided over its policy on cluster bombs on the eve of negotiations about a ban

Veterans went to Wembley when Cardiff and Pompey last won - in 1927 and 1939

Dead man had travelled 155 miles before being found at a waste management site on the outskirts of London

The husband of a BBC executive who took her own life told an inquest she felt "isolated" and "under-supported" at work.

Hayward remade 'to explore relationship between art and architecture' as new show Psycho Buildings prepares to open

Ben Goldacre: We would all do well to remember that elaborate runic rituals behind the scenes can have an enormous impact on what is heard

Home Office to deport sick child in spite of protests from asylum rights campaigners

Simon Hoggart: We went to a country wedding last weekend. The sun was bright and hot but there was a crisp breeze to cut through it

Conditions deteriorate in the wake of cyclone Nargis as volunteers express disbelief at government's failure to act

New effort to persuade Burmese generals to accept aid, as death toll from cyclone nears 78,000

Maps covering 23 urban areas in England show the level of noise from airports, road and rail networks

With homes and families lost, grieving survivors of Sichuan's disaster ask why so many of the victims were children

Officials say earthquake could accelerate liberalisation by China's government, as censorship of internet is lifted

Tsvangirai says he will participate in June 27 election but adds that violence has to cease for it to be legitimate

Bush's arrival in Israel coincides with release of message, purportedly from al-Qaida, condemning West's support of Israel

Sydney police find huge cannabis operation in converted houses, hiding crop valued at £4m

Skilled professionals return to safer economic climes of Australia, where job market remains buoyant

Government accused of stoking racial tension as yobs boast of ethnic cleansing after attacks

DNA traces of Chinese truffle on tree roots in Italy - a discovery which 'could spell disaster' for Italian truffle traders

Does this week's decision to list polar bears as 'threatened' finally hand victory to the greens?

Ian Jack: For the settlers, subsidies and tax breaks have become as important a motive as Deuteronomy

Interview: For 25 years Martin Kettle has been asking to interview Cherie Blair. Until now she said no. So did she expect her memoirs to be mocked? And has she been back to No 10?

Andrew Martin: Britain is drowning in sound, and it will take more than noise maps to take on this epidemic

Marina Hyde: Reality shows are now the home for deluded clods whose torment increasingly resembles that of Gordon Brown

Thaung Htun: Burma's natural disaster will not provoke an intervention. Only a war would suffice

Martin Kettle: As referendums return to centre stage, we should heed one of the wisest speakers on the subject: Margaret Thatcher

Brenda PolanFashion has always loved film for its recyclable images. It's an unrequited passion

Rosemary Roach: East Yorkshire

Today's corrections

Leader: Frederic Chopin was a pianist first and foremost

Leader: Britain has been spared the culture wars that beset America

Leader: The refusal of the ruling coalition to accept the resignation of Sharif's ministers is a sign of the gravity of the situation

Letters: Your report on the disturbances which marred the Rangers v St Petersburg Uefa Cup final did not exaggerate the violence

Letters: I think that the partial abandonment of the judicial wig gives cause for concern about the quality of future English justice

It is vital that children are taught humanism's answers to life's 'ultimate questions', says Andrew Copson

Letters: Is there a byelection in Crewe next week (Labour plays toff and family cards in fight to save seat, May 14)?

Letters: More than a decade ago we were all lucky enough to work as foot soldiers within the Labour party

Letters: The government says it is committed to greater citizen participation, improving our health and wellbeing and ensuring adequate social care in our old age

Letter: Thirty years ago governments signed the declaration of Alma Ata

Letter: It was with considerable sadness that I read of the untimely death of Pauline Campbell

Staff gain £35m windfall but chief waives his bonus as airline struggles with oil price rise

BA's chairman, Martin Broughton, accuses media of 'gratuitous' speculation about Willie Walsh's future

Crude oil price increased sixfold in past eight years, fuelling debate about dwindling resources

Debt charities expect to see further rise in coming months as home energy bills are up by a fifth this year

Bookmaker enjoys another sharp rise in the take from its 8,200 touch-screen roulette terminals in betting shops

Nick Huber: Takeover speculation and record oil prices helped the London market shrug off a weak opening from Wall Street

TV-Loonland to sell a 50.1% stake in Metrodome to one of the largest entertainment companies in eastern Europe

Company's existing nuclear plants seen as most likely locations for new generation of reactors

Regulator calls for greater competition, leading to householders being able to choose their water providers

When the exotic turns toxic, prosaic assets suddenly become very attractive

3 stars Abbey, Dublin

Leo Benedictus on Derren Brown: Trick or Treat and Peep Show (both Channel 4)

4 stars BBC Radio Theatre, London

3 stars Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

4 stars Old Vic, London

Ken Hunt writes: Georgina Dobrée (obituary, May 9) made an important recording of Raga Music for Solo Clarinet

Clancy Sigal writes: Perhaps Elaine Dundy (obituary, May 8) did herself something of a disservice by talking very freely about her turbulent life with Kenneth Tynan

Alan Bennett writes Frith Banbury (obituary, May 16) was largely responsible for the production of my first play, Forty Years On (1968)

Obituary: A key figure in the politics of Kuwait, he was cast aside as emir after only nine days

The Guardian's slightly different in Ireland. The paper is grubbier, the type sometimes smudged

Is it all over for the paparazzi? Is Harrison Ford the oldest action hero? Will robots ever really be useful?