Herman who?

The world greets new EU President

John Lichfield: Waves of polite puzzlement circled the globe yesterday as leaders adjusted to the news that the EU President would be a mild-mannered, competent manager rather than a charismatic new "face" for Europe.

Ergonomists helped design a better working environment for control room staff charged with operating the Large Hadron Collider at CERN

Large Hadron Collider is up and running again

Scientists switched on the world's largest atom smasher for the first time since the £6bn machine suffered a spectacular failure more than a year ago.

Man dies after nightclub shooting new

A man has died in hospital and another victim is being treated for gunshot wounds after a shooting at a nightclub early today.

Pope Benedict and the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams will come face to face today

The heavy hand of Rome

Leading article: The Pope has undermined the Archbishop's authority in the midst of a struggle for the very future of Anglicanism.

A warm welcome from the Pope sows Anglican unease

Authorities are powerless to prevent this flooding

Michael McCarthy: This calamity is a lesson for flood defence planners.

Brown visits flood devastation region

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Michael McIntyre: 'I didn't get many laughs at college. I used to just hide in the library on my own'

Will the real Michael McIntyre please stand up?

From out of nowhere, he became Britain's biggest comedy star. But who is Michael McIntyre? And what exactly does he want?

Perfect products: The best in modern industrial design

A new exhibition highlights the best in modern industrial design. Here, its curator picks his Top 10.

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Building society attacks state-backed savings firms for distorting market

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Oprah Winfrey plans to launch her own TV channel

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Softened stance not enough for teaching unions to call off boycott threat

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Strain of swine flu found that is resistant to drugs

A strain of swine flu resistant to the anti-viral drug Tamiflu is spreading from person to person, health officials in Wales confirmed last night

Rail travel that hits the heights with carbon footprint site

A new website aims to help skiers reduce their carbon footprint by taking the train. Ben Ross talks to Snowcarbon's co-founder, Daniel Elkan

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Ray Charnley: Footballer who was Blackpool's leading scorer for nine consecutive seasons in the First Division

There have been Blackpool footballers who have played more games for the club than Ray Charnley; and there have been men who have contributed more league goals to the Bloomfield Road cause than the tall, rangy Lancastrian centre-forward. But on both counts, from faithful fans of the Seasiders whose memories stretch back half a century and beyond, there would have to come the heartfelt and grateful rider: not many.