The Guardian:
Leaks are showing up John Chilcot's inquiry, as secrecy prevails – but perhaps he's about to publish a raft of documents...Andrew Gilligan has returned to haunt the government on Iraq. His revelations in the Sunday Telegraph and today's Telegraph tell us a lot about the attitude of the military before and after the invasion (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
The digital economy bill is misnamed. A more honest title for the legislation, recently introduced in the Lords, would be the copyright protection and punishment bill. It is less about creating the digital businesses of the 21st century than protecting the particular 20th century business models used in music and film.The b (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg debate the economy and business at the CBI conference in London11.27am: Finally, an announcement: an international investment conference in London next year. Some polite applause and then time for questions.11.23am: Big section on Europe from Brown. Another challenge to Cameron, wh (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
• Lib Dem leader likely to back most votes, not seats• Narrowing Tory poll lead hints at hung parliamentThe Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, suggested today he would be unlikely to prop up Labour should the general election result in a hung parliament, setting back the likelihood of a Lib-Lab alliance if the Tories were (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Special report: Address book was cited in court as reason 9/11 suspect should remain in custodyLotfi Raissi was on a running machine at his local gym in the suburbs west of London when he looked up to see footage of American Airlines Flight 11 crash into the World Trade Centre's North Tower.Raissi, a 27-year-old Algerian pi (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
• Canoeist dies and woman is swept away by river• Checks on 1,800 Cumbria bridges after six collapseTorrential downpours claimed a second victim today in Devon as emergency medical supplies and food parcels were sent to communities marooned by floods in Cumbria, and rescue teams searched the swollen river Usk in Wales for a (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
On the eve of the bill determining Britain's digital future, Ben Bradshaw attacks the Tory leader's 'pact' with the Murdochs and defends the BBC, if not its Trust, from its 'circling enemies'. He speaks to James RobinsonAfter years of debate, two weighty reports and endless agonising over BBC funding, the future of Channel (Read More)
The Guardian:
Sir John Chilcot says he will be asking: was this a wise decision, was it well-taken, was it founded on good advice?There probably aren't many people who expect the Iraq inquiry to conclude that the invasion was clearly illegal but, just in case anyone is still anticipating a conclusion of that kind, it's worth pointing out (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Residents say government is lying over health dangers as Chinese protesters gain confidence and supportChinese police have dispersed a demonstration by hundreds of Chinese protesters over a planned waste incinerator in the southern city of Guangzhou.The latest in a series of environment-related protests in China was sparked (Read More)
The Guardian:
The broadcaster's new chairman has a packed agenda, from finding a chief executive to facing the digital futureArchie Norman found the business of politics intensely frustrating. "The thing I care about most is making things happen and good use of time," he told the Guardian in 2003. "It is exasperating sitting around not e (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
British prosecutors failed to disclose crucial evidence to the courts in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks in a case that resulted in an innocent pilot being jailed for five months, previously unseen documents reveal.Lotfi Raissi, an Algerian living in the UK, was the first person in the world to be arrest (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
Leading health experts round on the health secretary Andy Burnham today, warning him off reversing a Labour programme of modernisation and competition within the health service.Burnham surprised cabinet ministers and policy officials alike when he announced in September that the NHS would return to the "preferred provider" (Read More)
The Guardian:
The new EU foreign minister is an alumnus of my sixth-form college in WiganThere was one crucial detail missing from this week's many profiles of Baroness Ashton, the EU's first high representative for common foreign and security policy.Before she worked for CND or enrolled to study economics at Bedford College, or became d (Read More)
The Guardian:
Schools watchdog mauled as critics bite back at 'wasteful' bureaucracyOfsted is facing a crisis in public confidence as it comes under a series of attacks on its authority this week, with the watchdog accused of being "flawed, wasteful and failing".The children's services inspectorate will be criticised today by service hea (Read More)