Ancient institutions are in rude health for UK students
Lithuanian police arrest 39 in child custody case
Thursday 17 May 2012
Riot police helped a mother regain custody of her 8-year-old daughter today in a tragic case that has riveted Lithuania for three years and led to three deaths.
On The Eve: The Jews Of Europe Before The Second World War, By Bernard Wasserstein
Saturday 12 May 2012
This moving and scrupulous history recreates a world on the edge of its extinction.
Cycling: Cavendish plays proud dad after second victory
Friday 11 May 2012
Winning sprint stages of big cycle races is child's play for Britain's Mark Cavendish.
Cycling: Lithuanian is in the pink in Giro
Thursday 10 May 2012
Ramunas Navardauskas took the Giro d'Italia lead yesterday after helping his Garmin-Barracuda team win the time-trial on stage four.
Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War Two, By Keith Lowe
Friday 13 April 2012
In his memoir If This is a Man, the Italian writer Primo Levi recalls that the most terrifying time for him at Auschwitz was not the years of incarceration by the Nazis, when beatings, hunger, back-breaking work and the threat of murder were omnipresent. He came closest to despair during the vacuum between the flight of the guards and the arrival of the Red Army. This period, in which the prisoners were effectively left to their own devices, was characterised by a complete breakdown of all authority, however unjust, as well as the system of supply. I was reminded of these passages when reading Keith Lowe's Savage Continent: an excellent account of the two years or so between the end of hostilities in Europe with the defeat of Hitler, and the establishment of the Cold War order.
Cycling: Fallen hero Pendleton shrugs off crash to win gold
Saturday 07 April 2012
Victoria Pendleton took Britain's gold-medal tally to four in dramatic style here at the Track World Championships yesterday by claiming the women's sprint title for a record-equalling sixth time.
Tearful Pendleton strikes gold in Melbourne
Friday 06 April 2012
A tearful Victoria Pendleton today declared her sixth Track Cycling World Championships sprint title as the most important of her career as she moved into pole position for the London Olympic Games with victory in Melbourne.
Britain on brink of Davis Cup win
Sunday 12 February 2012
Britain moved within one win of an improbable Davis Cup victory over Slovakia as Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins put the hosts into a 2-1 lead after the second day of their Europe Africa Zone Group One tie at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow yesterday.
HMRC issues closure threat to Hearts
Wednesday 08 February 2012
Heart of Midlothian were yesterday threatened with liquidation by HM Revenue & Customs, after failing to pay a tax bill.
Cycling: Mark Cavendish claims first win for Team Sky
Tuesday 07 February 2012
Mark Cavendish claimed his first win for Team Sky as a trademark sprint finish earned him victory in stage three of the Tour of Qatar.
Chambers stays in running as he waits for ruling
Monday 06 February 2012
For Dwain Chambers, the key battle has yet to come in 2012. Still, as he awaits the Court of Arbitration for Sport's definitive ruling on the British Olympic Association's lifetime ban on doping offenders – due to be announced before the end of April – the world indoor 60 metres champion is up and running in London Olympic year.
Suspect in double murder commits suicide
Wednesday 01 February 2012
A Lithuanian man charged with the brutal murder of a police officer's parents has been found dead in his prison cell.
Lithuanian man held over couple's death
Friday 20 January 2012
A man has appeared at Birmingham magistrates' court charged with the murder of a couple at their home in Birmingham last week.
Barclays to axe over 400 jobs
Thursday 12 January 2012
The finance sector suffered a fresh jobs blow today when Barclays announced plans to axe over 400 posts under "essential changes" to its technology and infrastructure division.








