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Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says a vote for his party is "a bold commitment to hope and opportunity". Full story >>>

Transport Secretary Lord Adonis attacks the planned strike by British Airways cabin crew staff, calling it "totally unjustified". Full story >>>

Fernando Alonso claims victory for Ferrari at the first race of the Formula 1 season in Bahrain, while Lewis Hamilton is third. Full story >>>

Three prison officers are stabbed with a broken bottle by an inmate at Durham's high-security Frankland jail. Full story >>>

A top Obama adviser criticises Israel over settlement homes in East Jerusalem, thwarting Israeli hopes of ending the row. Full story >>>

Thousands of motorcyclists starts a ride to Wootton Bassett to honour the people of the Wiltshire town - and the soldiers killed in Afghanistan. Full story >>>

Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters march in Bangkok to press the government to call new elections. Full story >>>

The Catholic primate of Ireland says he did not assist in covering up investigations into sexual abuse in the 1970s. Full story >>>

James Bulger's mother calls for the children's commissioner to be sacked for "twisted" comments about her son's murderers. Full story >>>

Panic is sparked in Georgia after a bogus TV news report said Russian tanks had invaded and the president was dead. Full story >>>

A top Obama adviser criticises Israel over settlement homes in East Jerusalem, thwarting Israeli hopes of ending the row. Full story >>>

Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki's bloc strengthens its lead over its main rivals with partial election results now in from all 18 provinces. Full story >>>

Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters march in Bangkok to press the government to call new elections. Full story >>>

Bomb attacks on the Afghan city of Kandahar were a warning to US and Nato forces not to target the region, the Taliban say. Full story >>>

Three people connected to the US consulate in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez have been killed, the White House says. Full story >>>

Two French hostages seized in the Central African Republic in November have been freed, the French foreign minister says. Full story >>>

A leading member of the Hamas militant group, Mahar Uda, is arrested in the West Bank, the Israeli army says. Full story >>>

An avalanche hits an unauthorised snowmobile rally in Canada, killing at least two people and triggering a search. Full story >>>

France holds regional elections that are expected to reflect disenchantment with President Sarkozy's government. Full story >>>

Panic is sparked in Georgia after a bogus TV news report said Russian tanks had invaded and the president was dead. Full story >>>

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says a vote for his party is "a bold commitment to hope and opportunity". Full story >>>

Transport Secretary Lord Adonis attacks the planned strike by British Airways cabin crew staff, calling it "totally unjustified". Full story >>>

Thousands of bikers are riding through Wootton Bassett to honour the Wiltshire town and troops killed in Afghanistan. Full story >>>

Proposals for a fully elected House of Lords will be set out shortly by the government, the transport secretary tells the BBC. Full story >>>

A suspected member of the Basque separatist group Eta is arrested in London. Full story >>>

Market abuse in the UK's financial services sector is "unacceptably high", says the head of the City watchdog. Full story >>>

Three prison officers are stabbed with a broken bottle by an inmate at Durham's high-security Frankland jail. Full story >>>

James Bulger's mother calls for the children's commissioner to be sacked for "twisted" comments about her son's murderers. Full story >>>

A man from Cumbria is found dead at a ski resort in Andorra after getting lost in freezing temperatures, the Foreign Office confirms. Full story >>>

Archaeologists carrying out a dig by a river in a Norfolk town are hopeful of uncovering signs of Viking settlers. Full story >>>

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says a vote for his party is "a bold commitment to hope and opportunity". Full story >>>

Transport Secretary Lord Adonis attacks the planned strike by British Airways cabin crew staff, calling it "totally unjustified". Full story >>>

Proposals for a fully elected House of Lords will be set out shortly by the government, the transport secretary tells the BBC. Full story >>>

A Labour MP caught up in a reselection dispute is fighting claims from local party members she is not up to the job. Full story >>>

The British National Party is forced to rewrite its membership rules again after a court rules them discriminatory. Full story >>>

A long-serving Conservative MEP, expelled in a row over the party's new allies in Europe, has joined the Liberal Democrats. Full story >>>

The Scout Association has launched a campaign to encourage young people to vote, amid fears up to half may not be registered on the electoral roll. Full story >>>

Labour peer Baroness Uddin says she is "relieved" after being told she will not be prosecuted over her expenses. Full story >>>

Nicolas Sarkozy and Gordon Brown criticise the US for "protectionism" over an aerospace deal. Full story >>>

The leaders of the UK's main political parties have faced tough questioning from School Reporters as part of BBC School Report News Day. Full story >>>

UN wildlife negotiations begin on banning the trade in bluefin tuna and permitting sales of ivory at a two-week summit in Doha. Full story >>>

Nasa Moon astronauts tell the BBC President Barack Obama's decision to cancel the US lunar programme is "catastrophic". Full story >>>

Songbirds on the US east coast are becoming smaller, a trend thought to be driven by climate changes. Full story >>>

The mechanism by which thalidomide causes birth defects including malformed limbs is revealed by scientists. Full story >>>

Fifty-one decapitated skeletons found in a burial pit in Dorset were those of Scandinavian Vikings, scientists say. Full story >>>

Eleven rare Siberian tigers die at a zoo in north-eastern China, raising fears over treatment of captive animals in the country. Full story >>>

The largest meat-eating plant in the world is designed not to eat small animals, but small animal poo, scientists discover. Full story >>>

Researchers in Edinburgh say they have solved the mystery of why some chickens hatch out half-male and half-female. Full story >>>

Japan voices opposition to a proposed ban on international trade in bluefin tuna, after the EU backs the plan. Full story >>>

The UN secretary general asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body. Full story >>>

Fernando Alonso wins the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix for Ferrari after early leader Sebastian Vettel suffers exhaust problems. Full story >>>

Wayne Rooney scores twice and Dimitar Berbatov adds a third as Manchester United beat Fulham to move two points clear at the top of the Premier League. Full story >>>

Adam Johnson's injury-time equaliser salvaged a vital point for Manchester City in their bid to finish fourth in the Premier League. Full story >>>

Jenny Meadows wins 800m silver and the men's 4x400m team take bronze making it four British medals at the World Indoor Championships. Full story >>>

France keep their Grand Slam hopes on course in emphatic fashion as they demolish Italy at the Stade de France. Full story >>>

England close day three of the first Test against Bangladesh on 131-5, a lead of 434, after choosing not to enforce the follow-on. Full story >>>

Rangers and Dundee United share six goals in an eventful Scottish Cup quarter-final. Full story >>>

Spurs boss Harry Redknapp admits Aaron Lennon is "quite a way off" being fit with the start of the World Cup less than three months away. Full story >>>

Everton confirm Landon Donovan's loan spell has officially ended, with the forward returning to Los Angeles Galaxy. Full story >>>

Martin Johnson insists England are improving under his leadership amid continuing criticism of his team's performances in the Six Nations. Full story >>>

A select committee hearing today into RBS's use of public money described as -one of the angriest- ever. MPs quizzed Treasury and UK Financial Investments directors over failure to stop bailed-out RBS financing fossil fuels instead of low-carbon lending. Full story >>>

Over 30 universities in the UK, US and Canada took part in the Week of Naked Action. Full story >>>

On 26 March Transition Edinburgh University invites interested students and staff from other unis to this free half-day conference to share ideas on: "How can we create low carbon universities?". Includes workshops, presentations and open discussion. Full story >>>

Join with millions of people all over the world for WWF's Earth Hour 2010 Full story >>>

A new report has confirmed that bailed-out RBS is the UK's biggest lender to companies operating the filthy tar sands extraction projects in Canada, to the tune of more than $7.5 billion. Full story >>>

Cardiff Uni People & Planet have launched a new campaign centred around the banking habits of their students union and university. Full story >>>

Celeb and local pupils give Asda a 'bad report' for failing to sell Fairtrade school uniforms. Full story >>>

A new campaign, Part-Time Carnivore, has been launched today to encourage people to eat less meat. Full story >>>

The campaign to stop the funding of tar sands is gathering pace. Now, an ethical investment group are leading a campaign to get massive fund managers to stop big oil companies extracting tar sands. Full story >>>

York P&P students held a party outside their local RBS branch to celebrate their victory in kicking the bank off campus. RBS is Britain's biggest funder of fossil fuel extraction and York student persuaded their union to switch bank accounts. Full story >>>

A select committee hearing today into RBS's use of public money described as -one of the angriest- ever. MPs quizzed Treasury and UK Financial Investments directors over failure to stop bailed-out RBS financing fossil fuels instead of low-carbon lending. Full story >>>

Over 30 universities in the UK, US and Canada took part in the Week of Naked Action. Full story >>>

Join with millions of people all over the world for WWF's Earth Hour 2010 Full story >>>

A new report has confirmed that bailed-out RBS is the UK's biggest lender to companies operating the filthy tar sands extraction projects in Canada, to the tune of more than $7.5 billion. Full story >>>

Celeb and local pupils give Asda a 'bad report' for failing to sell Fairtrade school uniforms. Full story >>>

York P&P students held a party outside their local RBS branch to celebrate their victory in kicking the bank off campus. RBS is Britain's biggest funder of fossil fuel extraction and York student persuaded their union to switch bank accounts. Full story >>>

Go Green Week provided a forum for the UCLU P&P group and Student Union to make students aware of what they can do to make UCL a greener, more sustainable place. Check out their short film Full story >>>

Students at City & Islington College made mini-movies and spray-painted t-shirts to raise awareness of climate change and human rights in clothing supply chains at their Sustainability and Volunteering Conference last week. Full story >>>

Real change comes from the grassroots. Have your say and be represented. Full story >>>

Harry Potter megastar and model Emma Watson has launched a brand new Fairtrade clothing collection. Enter our competition to win a beautiful bag signed by Emma herself! Full story >>>

For the last three years, Cheney's People and Planet group have organized loads of exciting school events for World AIDS Day on 1 December and this year was no exception. Full story >>>

The Forum is P&P's democratic decision-making event - submit your proposals by 8 December Full story >>>

For P&Per Kirsty Styles, Barack Obama's victory rapidly went from tangible, to imminent, to - 634 days after his campaign began - confirmed, making him the first ever African-American President of the US. Kirsty reflects on the opportunities and challenges this may bring to campaigners. Full story >>>

The largest student conference in the UK on Poverty, Human Rights and the Environment is less than 3 weeks away. Here's why we think you should come.. Full story >>>

Here's why you should put it in your diary and book your place now... Full story >>>

Order a pack with the film 'Can pay, Should pay' and see why the government has no excuse not to Treat AIDS Now. Full story >>>

A report on, and the outcomes of, People & Planet's annual decision making event, The Forum, which was held in Manchester between Friday 7 and Sunday 9 March 2008. Full story >>>

MPs challenged and campaigning celebrated, students gathered in London on 11 March to push government to take tough action on access to treatment. Full story >>>

Malmesbury School makes it onto the front cover of local newspapers during Treat AIDS Now's Week of Action. Jason Peel, Malmesbury Sixth Form student reports: Full story >>>

Oxford University student and Campaign Advocate Nick Chan reports: Oxford University People & Planet met with local Oxford West MP Evan Harris just before the Treat AIDS Now Week of Action to press him to include our campaign demands in his work in Parliament and to present him with the action c… Full story >>>

A select committee hearing today into RBS's use of public money described as -one of the angriest- ever. MPs quizzed Treasury and UK Financial Investments directors over failure to stop bailed-out RBS financing fossil fuels instead of low-carbon lending. Full story >>>

Join with millions of people all over the world for WWF's Earth Hour 2010 Full story >>>

A new report has confirmed that bailed-out RBS is the UK's biggest lender to companies operating the filthy tar sands extraction projects in Canada, to the tune of more than $7.5 billion. Full story >>>

The campaign to stop the funding of tar sands is gathering pace. Now, an ethical investment group are leading a campaign to get massive fund managers to stop big oil companies extracting tar sands. Full story >>>

York P&P students held a party outside their local RBS branch to celebrate their victory in kicking the bank off campus. RBS is Britain's biggest funder of fossil fuel extraction and York student persuaded their union to switch bank accounts. Full story >>>

Go Green Week provided a forum for the UCLU P&P group and Student Union to make students aware of what they can do to make UCL a greener, more sustainable place. Check out their short film Full story >>>

Students at City & Islington College made mini-movies and spray-painted t-shirts to raise awareness of climate change and human rights in clothing supply chains at their Sustainability and Volunteering Conference last week. Full story >>>

Try something a bit different for Lent this year and help save the planet at the same time. Full story >>>

Impacts of British oil corporations' secret contracts in Uganda finally revealed. Leaked company audits confirm concerns over revenues & environmental damage in project backed by bailed-out RBS Full story >>>

With Valentine's Day in mind, students at dozens of universities and colleges across the country host 'Carbon Speed Dating' events to help students find romance and raise awareness of the simple, romantic things we can all do to help save the planet. Full story >>>

Students at City & Islington College made mini-movies and spray-painted t-shirts to raise awareness of climate change and human rights in clothing supply chains at their Sustainability and Volunteering Conference last week. Full story >>>

Edinburgh University is hosting a FREE conference aimed at getting more Fairtrade products into universities and colleges around Scotland. Full story >>>

Students at Barrs Hill school, Coventry, promote the Fair trade message to the local Tamil community. Full story >>>

We now have -500 worth of vouchers for Emma Watson's exclusive new People Tree collection to give away to the winners of our Wear Fair fashion show competition. Full story >>>

Sibford school-s People & Planet group have stormed ahead with the Wear Fair campaign for Fairtrade cotton, and have convinced the school to stock Fairtrade cotton t-shirts ready for their summer sports day. Full story >>>

Students at Princethorpe College wowed the school with their Fairtrade fashion show yesterday Full story >>>

Take part in the Big Swap to Fairtrade cotton in schools and colleges Full story >>>

Dramatic success for People & Planet's Wear Fair campaign as retail giant agrees to double it's stock of Fairtrade cotton school uniforms Full story >>>

It was a year of twists, turns and amazing successes. Three new campaigns were launched. Thousands more people got involved and we found exciting new ways to work together as an incredible, powerful, inspirational network. Full story >>>

A recent survey by student campaigning organisation People & Planet reveals that young people strongly support ethical purchasing, but are unsatisfied with the current limited supply. Full story >>>

Students at Princethorpe College wowed the school with their Fairtrade fashion show yesterday Full story >>>

Take part in the Big Swap to Fairtrade cotton in schools and colleges Full story >>>

Dramatic success for People & Planet's Wear Fair campaign as retail giant agrees to double it's stock of Fairtrade cotton school uniforms Full story >>>

It was a year of twists, turns and amazing successes. Three new campaigns were launched. Thousands more people got involved and we found exciting new ways to work together as an incredible, powerful, inspirational network. Full story >>>

People & Planet joins with students from the US in day of action against trade union busting in Honduras, as university boycott becomes 'biggest ever'. Full story >>>

Under pressure from the international boycott campaign, Fruit of the Loom subsidiary Russell release 'Corrective Action Plan'. Serious doubts are expressed by workers' rights groups as to the credibility of the plan. Full story >>>

The Scottish Greens show support for-People and Planet's campaign to curb exploitation in the garment industry Full story >>>

A recent survey by student campaigning organisation People & Planet reveals that young people strongly support ethical purchasing, but are unsatisfied with the current limited supply. Full story >>>

The European Union is trying to negotiate trade deals that will hurt people and the environment in developing countries. Let's stop them. Full story >>>

Amy Hall, Media and Communications volunteer from Cardiff describes their action calling on Topshop to join the rest of the High Street in joining the ETI Full story >>>

<p>KDevelop 4 Beta 9 is out.</p> <p>Users of our latest development release, Lucid, can get packages from our Beta PPA.</p> <p>To update, use the Software Repository Guide to add the following repository to your software sources list:<br /> ppa:kubuntu-ppa/beta<… Full story >>>

<p>Packages for the release of the <a href="http://kde.org/announcements/announce-4.4.1.php">KDE Software Compilation 4.4.1</a> are available.</p> <p>Users of the Lucid development release can upgrade to the newest packages.</p> <p>Users of our sta… Full story >>>

<p>The <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2010-February/000682.html">third alpha release</a> of Kubuntu Lucid has been released. KDE, Amarok and much more have received upgrades in this version. See our <a href="http://wiki.kubuntu.… Full story >>>

<p><a href="http://amarok.kde.org/en/releases/2.3/beta/1">Amarok 2.3 Beta 1</a> is out.</p> <p>Users of our latest development release, Lucid, can upgrade to the latest packages.</p> <p>Users of our stable 9.10 release can install it from the Kubun… Full story >>>

<p><img src="/system/files/kde44.png" width="400" height="156" /></p> <p>Packages for the final release of the <a href="http://kde.org/announcements/4.4/">KDE Software Compilation 4.4</a> are available.</p> <p>Us… Full story >>>

<p>KDE SC 4.3.5 is now in karmic-backports.</p> <p>The Backports repository is not enabled by default, so you may need to enable it in KPackageKit. Instructions for this are found on <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Kubuntu">the help wiki</… Full story >>>

<p>Packages for the second release candidate of the <a href="http://kde.org/announcements/announce-4.4-rc2.php">KDE Software Compilation 4.4</a> are available.</p> <p>Users of the Lucid development release can upgrade to the newest packages.</p> <p>… Full story >>>

<p>The <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2010-January/000665.html">second alpha release</a> of Kubuntu Lucid has been released. KDE, Amarok and much more have received upgrades in this version. See our <a href="http://wiki.kubuntu.… Full story >>>

<p><a href="http://amarok.kde.org/en/releases/2.2.2">Amarok 2.2.2</a> has been released to make your desktop rock.</p> <p>Users of the Lucid development release are advised not to upgrade yet, as the packages are only half-built due to a breakage of the underl… Full story >>>

<p>Packages for the first release candidate of the <a href="http://kde.org/announcements/announce-4.4-rc1.php">KDE Software Compilation 4.4</a> are available.</p> <p>Users of the Lucid development release are advised not to upgrade yet, as the packages are onl… Full story >>>

<h4>The silence is deafening</h4> <p><strong>Comment</strong> Since STEC revealed that EMC had over-ordered back in November last year, the company has been waiting for EMC orders to get back on track. Will they?…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.there… Full story >>>

<h4>Hut one, hut two, MPI</h4> <p>Florida State University, like most state schools in the US with a storied (American) football program, also has a respectable comp sci department that is not afraid to spend a little cash on a new technology when it comes along. And that's how the… Full story >>>

<h4>The HD DVD company's first BD box</h4> <p><strong>Review</strong> Toshiba is late to the Blu-ray party, having waited a decent interval after the death of HD-DVD. The BDX2000 - oh, how futuristic products used to seem, just by adding the millennium to their name - i… Full story >>>

<h4>She once supported Labour</h4> <p>The political blogosphere is getting itself all lathered up about the orientation of adult film producer and Lib Dem parliamentary hopeful, <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/12/arrowsmith_mp_bid/">Anna Arrowsmith</a>, ak… Full story >>>

<h4>Dirty laundry delivered via FedEx</h4> <p>A former Barclays Bank programmer received 46 months in prison for helping TJX hacker Albert Gonzalez launder as much as $800,000, according to news reports.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/vi… Full story >>>

<h4>.xxx must wait. Yet again</h4> <p>ICANN has delayed its ruling on the proposed .xxx internet porn domain until this summer.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/814/oracle-814.pdf?td=rss">What is your recession sales strategy?</… Full story >>>

<h4>Not as anonymous as you think</h4> <p>Netflix has canceled a contest designed to improve its movie recommendation system out of concern it might compromise the privacy of its customers.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/697/wp01-we… Full story >>>

<h4>Zeus borrows page from Microsoft</h4> <p>The latest version of the Zeus do-it-yourself crimeware kit goes to great lengths to thwart would-be pirates by introducing a hardware-based product activation scheme similar to what's found in Microsoft Windows.…</p><p><… Full story >>>

<h4>Sync My Ride</h4> <p>Ford is developing anti-hacking technology in a bid to make upcoming in-car WiFi systems resistant against drive-by downloads and other forms of computer security attacks.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/… Full story >>>

<h4>Beefs 'robot' API</h4> <p>The Mountain View Chocolate Factory has unveiled an extensions gallery for Google Wave, the still-gestating browser-based app that crossbreeds email with IM and document sharing.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/pap… Full story >>>

This is the code for my Daily Mail Story Generator, which I have just added a page for. This code generates the story, which I then parse into html to fit into my site hierarchy. It is a fairly trivial bit of code, but then so are the journalists who it mocks. *hehe* Full story >>>

ALF is a little project on which I'm working. Its a SQL based Apache Log Filter for web admins who need a little more flexibility, but are using text logging. This is an ogg theora preview of the alpha. The finished program will be a lot easier to use and friendlier, but, you know I'm easily excited… Full story >>>

A brief but rather snazzy perl poem celebrating the joys of spring, written on a particularly glorious March day. First published on perlmonks. Full story >>>

I made this as a bit of a tongue in cheek dig at Vista, with a bit of help from the Real Ultimate Generator. It will make more sense if you look at realultimatepower.net first. Full story >>>

This is my friend Rob 'Bobban' Jones in ASCII art format. I used jave to convert a jpeg photo. Best viewed by printing it out and standing a couple of yards away... Full story >>>

smbopengtk.pl is a little utility written in perl/gtk that allows you to open windows or unix style filepaths and switch between the two. It'll be a bit of a lifesaver at work, where I've just started using a Debian GNU/Linux box in a primarily windows environment. First posted on Perl Monks. I've… Full story >>>