Cardinal Keith O'Brien was named Stonewall's Bigot of the Year last night, despite threats from Barclays and Coutts to withdraw their sponsorship of the awards over the category.

Government budgets may be constricting all round Whitehall, but when it comes to the urgent matter of serpent taxidermy, cash can always be found.

Duke of York continues to request briefings on Azerbaijan despite losing his trade role

The disgraced former media mogul has no regrets over his colourful and venomous outbursts, he tells Tom Peck

Cult cricket report may fall silent for first time in 40 years after BBC was asked for more money

As the 314m Shard opens to sightseers (for £25 a time) Tom Peck tests the lifts – and his nerve

They say that even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day - and maybe the same is true of conspiracy theorists.

With Buckingham Palace and the Mall stretching out below its westerly windows and Trafalgar Square doing the same to the east, London's Admiralty Arch has an unrivalled view into the heart of the nation.

Newly released diaries of agency's director suggest he was bumbling and out of touch

How 'The Few' became the even more precious few