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Thursday, 31 May 2012
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News
News RSS Feed - click to grab the feedObituaries
- Doc Watson: Guitarist and banjo-player who influenced generations of folk musicians
- Sir Derek Wanless: Banker who headed NatWest and advised the government on the NHS
- Kaneto Shindo: Director who made and wrote films for seven decades
- Paul Fussell: Literary scholar whose work was influenced by his wartime service
- Nancy Clayton: Auxiliary worker who supported the Army in Burma
- Jim Paratore: US television executive
- Buddy Freitag: 'Angel' who backed a series of hits
Voices
Voices RSS Feed - click to grab the feedEditorials
- Leading article: Barack Obama must not underestimate his rival
- Leading article: Not enough to exonerate Mr Hunt over News Corp
- Leading article: The shameful self-interest of doctors
- Leading article: An unjust slur on our journalism
- Leading article: A U-turn that George Osborne could be proud of
- Leading article: False economies do more harm to children in care
Commentators
- Martin Hickman: Defending the indefensible proves a tricky job for Hunt
- Amol Rajan: After this morning, Leveson has to ask Osborne to give evidence
- Oliver Wright: Was charity tax u-turn burying bad news on a bad day?
- Margaret Drabble: Defer to them or mock them, either way the royals have us in their grip
- Simon Kelner: Buffett's words are food for thought for journalists
- Amol Rajan: Exclusive! Cable buckling under "unbearable strain". (May, 2015)
- Nikhil Kumar: Christine Lagarde isn't a tax dodger or a hypocrite
- Natalie Haynes: Did we pick the best book for the Orange Prize? That's not the point
- David Bowden: Today's Ireland vote begs the question, will the EU be the death of democracy?
- Paris Lees: Heard the one about the ladyboy? Media jokes about trans people are not acceptable
- Henry Bellingham: Our commitment to imprisoning warlord in Britain shows our clear support of justice
- Harriet Walker: I'm no prude but I resent the power of violent porn to turn children into rapists
- Alice Jones: Tears at your desk may be acceptable, but over-sharing is never a great idea
- Laurie Penny: Shame has become our stick for beating the poor
- Lisa Markwell: What's wrong with a good old-fashioned love letter
- Owen Jones: It's time to demolish the myth about Tony Blair
- Lianne Gutcher: If the Taliban regains power, girls may lose an education
- Ben White: Israeli officials may have less to fear coming to UK but uncomfortable questions remain
- Katherine Butler: Confessions of a royal tea-party republican
- Shashank Joshi: Despite the horror, Houla massacre is not enough to force allied intervention
- Cahal Milmo: How the IPCC's report has traduced our journalism
- Martin Hickman: A twist of fate, and Vince Cable soon became a thorn in Rupert Murdoch's side
- Arifa Akbar: A debut that makes history riveting and sexy
- Simon Read: Want the same deal? Try saving £2,000 a month
Environment
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- Rare great white egret chick hatches in UK for first time
- Buzzards free to nest in peace as minister drops shooting plans
- Nothing's sacred: the illegal trade in India's holy cows
- 60 new woodlands announced to mark Queen's Diamond Jubilee
- Butterfly numbers 'fall by a fifth'
- Serengeti officials in poaching inquiry
- Jubilee weather: Cooler, but Queen will be spared any showers
Sport
Sport RSS Feed - click to grab the feedCricket
- Pietersen announces shock retirement from one-day and Twenty20 internationals
- More woe for Windies attack as injured Roach flies home
- KP walks after England refuse to let him select T20s over ODIs
- County Championship round-up: Worcestershire dig in to keep Compton short of landmark
- West Indies hope Narine's knuckle ball can revive their punch
- Pybus handed Bangladesh job
- Anti-corruption unit keeps eye on short-form matches
- County Championship round-up: Compton cruelly denied by the rain
Tennis
- Murray recovers from injury to beat Nieminen in French Open clash
- Battling Baker is back – after nine years and three hip operations
- 'Drama queen' Murray rounds on Wade after gutsy recovery
- Bartoli disappoints home faithful in a wide-open year
- Andy Murray dismisses criticism from Virginia Wade after he was branded a 'drama queen'
Travel
Travel RSS Feed - click to grab the feedNews & Advice
- Stansted Airport strike to go ahead
- Simon Calder: Plane and train during the reign - not much change
- My life in travel: Chris Hollins, BBC sports presenter and journalist
- Open Jaw: Where readers write back ... about their favourite A-roads
- Travel Agenda: Authentic Asia; Bolivia fast track; Greek warning; Railfest; English Wine Week; Heathrow; Corsica in style
- Jubilee getaway begins, but airport strikes and the Pope threaten travel plans
- 1 Asteroid nine times the size of the QE2 liner to sail pass Earth
- 2 Notes from a small island: Is Sealand an independent 'micronation' or an illegal fortress?
- 3 British business: We need to stay in the EU - or risk losing up to £92bn a year
- 4 You thought Ryanair's attendants had it bad? Wait 'til you hear about their pilots
- 5 It’s official: thanks to Stephen Hawking's Israel boycott, anti-Semitism is no more
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