The Brian Viner Interview: Despite the riots in London, the ever-unflappable figurehead of the Games remains confident that the Capital is right on track as preparations enter the final straight

Voluntary organisation calls for ‘informed debate’ on the future of services

As Archdruid of Wales from 1979 to 1981, Geraint Bowen was renowned for his hard-hitting speeches from the Logan Stone in the ceremonies of the Assembly of Bards of the Isle of Britain (the Gorsedd). Not only did he speak out against the Anglicisation of Wales and in defence of the Welsh language, as Archdruids are expected to do, but also lent his authority to the campaign for a fourth television channel broadcasting in Welsh and against the burying of nuclear waste. In this he ran the risk of upsetting some of the more pusillanimous officers of the National Eisteddfod, to which the Gorsedd is closely affiliated.

Pleasance Theatre is raising £1.5 million to directly support a theatre network that is currently not 'effective enough.'

Chris Beanland asks the experts why these stops are worthy of underground preservation

The costs of London 2012 were grossly underestimated and the economic benefits grossly overestimated

Sixteen of the Tube's best-known stations have been given listed building status.

Travel back in time at a range of historical happenings around the country this summer.

The Premier League could be the first in the world to introduce goalline technology from the start of the 2012-13 season, according to its chief executive Richard Scudamore.

Library closures across the country are challenged for the first time at the High Court today.

As the first judicial reviews are heard this week, protestors warn David Cameron they will not give up

As the proposal of new gambling legislation raised fears that tax breaks could be removed, the bookmakers were struggling to find backers yesterday with both Ladbrokes and William Hill finishing off the pace.

BSkyB deal

The Government should explain its decision to apparently delay approval of Rupert Murdoch's bid to take over BSkyB, Labour said today.