The parliamentary commission's report says new rules are required to force City executives to take proper responsibility

Britain’s banking bosses should face jail if their decisions force fresh bailouts, the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards says today

Deputy speaker Nigel Evans giving a press statement at his home in Pendleton Lancashire
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Demonstrators set fire to a car in Sao Paulo
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Increasingly unusual weather patterns in recent years have led climate scientists and meteorologists to hold a meeting about concerns over climate change
Met Office reveals UK is in the midst of a rare weather cycle
In the first public hearing dedicated to the NSA’s top-secret spying operations since former contractor Edward Snowden exposed them, General Keith Alexander defended the monitoring as legal, closely supervised and crucial to defending Americans, adding it was not “some rogue operation”
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Prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, where the first detainees arrived at the camp 10 years ago today
Too dangerous to release, too difficult to prosecute - terror suspects in limbo named by US government
The artist Delphine Delphine Boël and, right, the man she claims is her father, King Albert II of Belgium
Delphine Boël claims she is product of an affair between Albert II and an aristocrat
A selection of food labelling systems already in place
Universal system aims to clear up confusion over nutritional information
Avenal state prison in northern California’s San Joaquin Valley
Potentially deadly infection has killed more than 30 inmates
Bernard Tapie and former French president Nicolas Sarkozy
Of all the scandals afflicting the former President, none is more damaging than the 'affaire Tapie'
Former militants attend a US-backed Afghan government arms amnesty ceremony in Jalalabad
Discussions over an Afghan peace deal look set to begin as Qatar office opens
Villagers in Stoke Poges protest at the proposed site of a Sikh free school

The people of Stoke Poges (population 5,000) go to court over plan for new Sikh school (845 pupils)

House prices rose for the third month in a row in April as market conditions in London improved to levels not seen since 2007
High outgoings and stagnant wages mean single people in London face biggest hurdles
Eunice Huthart in the Gladiators
British former stunt double of Angelina Jolie is one of six to launch lawsuit in California
Charles Saatchi puts his hand over Nigella Lawson's mouth at Scott's in December
Art collector says caution was 'better than the alternative of this hanging over us for months'
Leaders of the world's most powerful nations papered over their differences on Syria to agree a joint position at the G8 summit
Loyalists could have a future in a new Syria if they topple their President
The committee said that Google's defence of its tax position was 'deeply unconvincing on the basis of evidence'

Company aims to ease concern among users following NSA revelations

David Cameron said the agreement can 'rewrite the rules' on tax and transparency to benefit countries across the world
Agreement will stop companies shifting profits between countries to limit tax payments
Bovine TB has risen dramatically over the past few decades and badgers have been implicated in the rapid spread of the disease, with about half of new cattle infections linked to badgers, leading to calls from farmers for mass culling
Widespread killing of wildlife could result in a “PR disaster” for industry, they fear
Edward Erin pictured during his Old Bailey trial in 2009
EXCLUSIVE Fabricated research left one dead, 20 with pneumonia and eight with cancer - but truth was not discovered until Edward Erin was convicted of poisoning

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Daniel Radcliffe (Billy) in The Cripple of Inishmaan

Review Daniel Radcliffe nails the acting - if not the Irish accent

Live blog Over-by-over coverage of the semi-final at The Oval
David Wall pictured in 1984
Became famous for being youngest principal male dancer in Royal Ballet's history
Defending champions Manchester United

Barclays Premier League champions will face League Cup winners on opening day

Miss Utah, Marissa Powell, lets rip about corporate sexism during Sunday's pageant

Starring Joe Kinnear and Miss Utah

More than 30 million people worldwide use Foursquare

One young programmer has harnessed the power of social networks to make sure no one can get near him. Hear, hear!

Guides cannot secure the highest badges without making the Promise

After 103 years, organisation changes oath to welcome 'all girls, of all faiths, and none'

An illustration of an Elizabethan theatre

1146: Das Berliner Zimmer (The Berlin Room) by Owen Normand

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The cover of Vice magazine's controversial 'fiction issue'
Website bombarded with criticism over 'sick' photographs referencing the deaths of writers
Tinie Tempah, Ed Sheeran and Emeli Sande drafted in for all-star concert to rescue 'struggling' Stephen Lawrence Trust
Smart moves: John Studzinski

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Gallery Lightweight frames, adjustable nose bridges... and they’re sturdy too

Florence Claridge from Dover arrives for day one of the Royal Ascot meeting at Ascot Racecourse, Berkshire
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Girls Guides drop religious reference but pledge to self and the Queen

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Female aristocrats battle to inherit the title

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Mark Hix gets creative with English peas

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