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Royal Bank of Scotland's chairman says he is "profoundly sorry" for the financial and human cost that the bank's troubles have caused. Full story >>>

Oil prices have fallen below $50 a barrel amid growing fears over a global recession and lower demand for oil. Full story >>>

Singer Madonna and film director Guy Ritchie are to be divorced at the High Court on Friday, according to court lists. Full story >>>

The man accused of kidnapping Shannon Matthews told police he was threatened into keeping her by her mother, a court hears. Full story >>>

Somalia must be helped by the international community to stop it becoming a "magnet for pirates," a senior Egyptian official has said. Full story >>>

The mother of barrister who wrote a book detailing childhood abuse brands her daughter a "wicked thief and a liar". Full story >>>

The government says it is "right to increase borrowing" as figures show public debt rose by £1.4bn last month. Full story >>>

The UN Security Council votes to send 3,000 more troops to DR Congo following renewed fighting in the east of the country. Full story >>>

Michael Jackson will appear at London's High Court in person next week to counter allegations that he breached a contract. Full story >>>

Top of the Pops returns to the BBC for two shows over Christmas, despite earlier promises it would stay off the airwaves. Full story >>>

The UN Security Council votes to send 3,000 more troops to DR Congo following renewed fighting in the east of the country. Full story >>>

China has increased computer espionage attacks on US government and business interests, Congress is warned. Full story >>>

Talks between Somali pirates and owners of a Saudi tanker are being conducted by specialists, shipping sources tell the BBC. Full story >>>

Four US senators reach a bipartisan agreement on a deal to help the struggling US car industry. Full story >>>

Jewish settlers protesting against an eviction order in Hebron spray an insult to the Prophet Muhammad on a mosque wall. Full story >>>

Five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay for almost seven years must be freed, a US judge rules. Full story >>>

Panama extradites a Colombian suspected of running the country's biggest pyramid finance scheme. Full story >>>

The Palestinian Authority has placed a full-page advert in Israel's Hebrew newspapers to promote an Arab peace plan. Full story >>>

US environmentalists accuse President Bush of trying to rush through changes to the Endangered Species Act. Full story >>>

Underwear model Karolina Kurkova has no belly button. Is a barely-there navel for cosmetic or medical reasons? Full story >>>

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) chairman, Sir Tom McKillop, says he is "profoundly sorry" for the bank's financial difficulties. Full story >>>

The UK rules out paying ransoms to hostage-takers as two Britons remain on board an oil tanker seized by Somali pirates. Full story >>>

Four Army training instructors face courts martial after a BBC investigation into bullying claims at Britain's biggest base. Full story >>>

The father of a man accused of a terrorist bomb plot says the allegations have "blackened" his family's name. Full story >>>

Sales on the High Street fell for a second month in a row in October, but at a much lower rate than expected. Full story >>>

The executive confirms water charges will be deferred for another year, as it meets for the first time in five months. Full story >>>

The recruitment of ethnic minority police officers in England and Wales is "well below target", a study finds. Full story >>>

A woman claims that she and others were with a man on the night he was said to have shot a waiter in Orkney. Full story >>>

Singer Madonna and her film director husband Guy Ritchie are to be divorced at the High Court, according to court lists. Full story >>>

Welsh is used officially in a European Union meeting for the first time after years of campaigning. Full story >>>

The government says it is "right to increase borrowing" as figures show public debt rose by £1.4bn last month. Full story >>>

Victims of violent crime entitled to compensation are being hampered by excessive bureaucracy, say MPs. Full story >>>

Computer giant EDS's data security standards are to be checked independently each year, MPs are told. Full story >>>

A raft of measures is suggested to target anti-social drivers, including those who speed excessively or use drugs. Full story >>>

The new points-based system could lead to a rise in immigration if ministers wanted it to rise, minister Phil Woolas tells MPs. Full story >>>

The UK rules out paying ransoms to hostage-takers as two Britons remain on board an oil tanker seized by Somali pirates. Full story >>>

Leading Earth observation scientists urge Gordon Brown to back Europe's environmental monitoring project, GMES. Full story >>>

The Scottish Parliament votes against the UK Government's plans to introduce ID cards. Full story >>>

A government crack-down on caviar smuggling is a "strange thing to prioritise" at a time of economic gloom, a shadow minister says. Full story >>>

Harriet Harman dismisses reports of cabinet colleague Liam Byrne's demands for cappuccinos and espressos at work as "froth". Full story >>>

A US-Russian team announces that it has sequenced most of the genome of a woolly mammoth found in Siberia. Full story >>>

Two year after pledging to protect 10% of the oceans, governments have protected less than 1%, a survey finds. Full story >>>

The loss of green spaces in Britain has caused the number of house sparrows to drop sharply in the past 30 years. Full story >>>

US environmentalists accuse President Bush of trying to rush through changes to the Endangered Species Act. Full story >>>

Leading Earth observation scientists urge Gordon Brown to back Europe's environmental monitoring project, GMES. Full story >>>

Surgeons in Spain claim a major breakthrough by giving a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells. Full story >>>

The earliest turtles to live in water have been discovered on - and named after - the Scottish island of Skye. Full story >>>

A fossilised bone from a sabre-toothed cat has been dredged up from the seabed by a trawler off the UK coast. Full story >>>

European fisheries ministers agree a plan aimed at increasing dwindling cod stocks, including better nets and new quotas. Full story >>>

Spacewalking astronauts working on the International Space Station lose a tool bag in orbit. Full story >>>

Arsenal captain William Gallas admits his side must toughen up if they are to challenge for the Premier League title. Full story >>>

Captain Kevin Pietersen wants England to score more hundreds after India's Duckworth-Lewis win in the third one-dayer. Full story >>>

England prop Andrew Sheridan is ruled out of Saturday's Test against South Africa because of a neck injury. Full story >>>

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger does not blame the FA for Theo Walcott's injury but has not ruled out pursuing compensation over his absence. Full story >>>

The Premier League gives Manchester City permission to sign a goalkeeper as a temporary replacement for Joe Hart, who was injured against Hull on Sunday. Full story >>>

Fabio Capello says his first year as England boss could not have gone better after beating Germany 2-1 in Berlin. Full story >>>

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp recalls goalkeeper Ben Alnwick from a loan spell with League One strugglers Carlisle United. Full story >>>

Sunderland manager Roy Keane denies an FA charge of improper conduct over his actions during their 5-0 loss to Chelsea. Full story >>>

The head of men's professional tennis in Europe is appointed chief executive of England's 2018 World Cup bid campaign Full story >>>

Michael Clarke saves Australia from total collapse with 98 as they are bowled out for 214 in the first Test against New Zealand. Full story >>>

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

Give Topshop An Early Christmas Present Full story >>>

A protest at Aberdeen University continued as planned, even after the target of the event failed to turn up. Full story >>>

Bring your group's best banner to decorate Shared Planet, and win an abundance of Ubuntu! Full story >>>

Could it be that People & Planet graduate recruitment actions are making careers fairs more trouble than they're worth for RBS? Full story >>>

Read about Afghanistan from Afghans' own point of view. 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 >>>

If you think it's time for corporations to clean up their act, then you'll want to be part of P&P's new campaign to challenge Corporate Power, launching September 2009. As a student-led organisation, we need YOU to get involved. Find out how with our exciting campaign trailer… Full story >>>

For the next three weeks Go Green Intern Richard has a mission: To travel the country and help as many groups with their Go Green campaign as the rail network will allow. Full story >>>

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

Give Topshop An Early Christmas Present Full story >>>

A protest at Aberdeen University continued as planned, even after the target of the event failed to turn up. Full story >>>

Bring your group's best banner to decorate Shared Planet, and win an abundance of Ubuntu! Full story >>>

Read about Afghanistan from Afghans' own point of view. 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 >>>

If you think it's time for corporations to clean up their act, then you'll want to be part of P&P's new campaign to challenge Corporate Power, launching September 2009. As a student-led organisation, we need YOU to get involved. Find out how with our exciting campaign trailer… Full story >>>

For the next three weeks Go Green Intern Richard has a mission: To travel the country and help as many groups with their Go Green campaign as the rail network will allow. Full story >>>

Worried about the power and behaviour of corporations? Do you think corporations are becoming more socially and environmentally responsible, or not trying hard enough? Do you feel you can have influence over corporations? We want to know - fill in our online survey now. 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 >>>

Week of Action to Treat AIDS Now: Keep the Promise: 4th - 8th February 2008 Full story >>>

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

A protest at Aberdeen University continued as planned, even after the target of the event failed to turn up. Full story >>>

Could it be that People & Planet graduate recruitment actions are making careers fairs more trouble than they're worth for RBS? 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 >>>

For the next three weeks Go Green Intern Richard has a mission: To travel the country and help as many groups with their Go Green campaign as the rail network will allow. Full story >>>

The latest in a whole string of actions across the UK protesting the Royal Bank of Scotland's financing of climate chaos. Read up on all the actions which have happened so far... Full story >>>

Over 50 students from Manchester University and Manchester Metropolitan University staged a flash mob demonstration at the RBS and E.On recruitments stalls on Thursday 23 October 2008. The group were protesting against RBS's funding of climate chaos and against E.On's plans to build a new … Full story >>>

There's a huge loop-hole in the upcoming Climate Bill: ask new Climate Change Minister, Ed Miliband, to close it. Full story >>>

People & Planet group take direct action on climate crunching energy company E.On Full story >>>

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

Bring your group's best banner to decorate Shared Planet, and win an abundance of Ubuntu! 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 >>>

The People & Planet Fairtrade campaign for 2009 explained Full story >>>

Star campaigner Matt McMullen tells us his story Full story >>>

'OKÉ NEEDS YOUR HELP!' This is the request from OKÉ as they launch their new Fairtrade smoothies today. Full story >>>

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

Cafédirect are giving you the opportunity to win a luxury hamper filled with a range of their delicious products and a Bodum cafetiere. Full story >>>

An ethically-sourced cigarette has been launched in the UK. Full story >>>

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

Give Topshop An Early Christmas Present 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 >>>

Worried about the power and behaviour of corporations? Do you think corporations are becoming more socially and environmentally responsible, or not trying hard enough? Do you feel you can have influence over corporations? We want to know - fill in our online survey now. Full story >>>

Afraid of having to discuss its working practises, Topshop has cancelled a graduate recruitment event. Full story >>>

New opportunity to work with the Redress Fashion Working Group, gain excellent media skills, and make a big difference to the workers rights and environmental impact of Topshop Full story >>>

Students from Loughborough University protest outside Topshop against their labour practises and demand they join the ETI Full story >>>

This week, Edinburgh People & Planet members old and new demonstrated at the opening of the city's newly refurbished Topshop. Full story >>>

Guerilla fashion show at London Fashion Week Topshop event gets press excited Full story >>>

<p>KOffice 2 Beta 3 has been released. Packages are available for Kubuntu Intrepid in the intrepid-backports archive.</p> <p><a href="http://www.kubuntu.org/koffice-2-beta-3">read more</a></p> Full story >>>

<p>The latest KDE 4 update <a href="http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-4.1.3.php">4.1.3</a> has moved to the backports section of Kubuntu 8.10.</p> <p>To install it <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Kubuntu">enable … Full story >>>

<p><a href="http://amarok.kde.org/en/node/559">Amarok 2 beta 3</a> has been released</a> and packages are available for Kubuntu 8.10, the Intrepid Ibex. These packages replace existing Amarok 1.4.10 installs.</p><p><a href="http://www.kubuntu.org… Full story >>>

<div style="float: right;"><img src="/system/files/kubuntu-810-ibex-oxygen.png" width="300" height="500" /></div> <p>Today sees the release of Kubuntu 8.10 featuring the KDE 4 desktop. The Kubuntu developers have been hard at work, br… Full story >>>

<img src="http://people.ubuntu.com/~jriddell/IMG_3689.JPG" align="right" width="200" height="133" /> <p>The release candidate for Kubuntu 8.10 is now available for one last round of testing before the final release next week.</p> <ul>… Full story >>>

<p>The latest KDE 3 bug-fix release <a href="http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-3.5.10.php">3.5.10</a> has moved to the updates section of Kubuntu 8.04.</p> <p>To install it <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Kubuntu"&… Full story >>>

<p>KOffice 2 Beta 2 has been released. Packages are available for Kubuntu Intrepid in our kubuntu-members-kde4 personal package archive.</p> <p><a href="http://www.kubuntu.org/news/koffice-2-beta-2">read more</a></p> Full story >>>

<p><a href="http://amarok.kde.org/en/node/554">Amarok 2 beta 2</a> has been released</a> and packages are available for Kubuntu 8.04, the Hardy Heron. These packages install to <em>/usr/lib/kde4</em> and can be installed along side your existing Amarok 1… Full story >>>

<p><a href="http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-4.1.2.php">KDE 4.1.2</a> has been released</a> and packages are available for Kubuntu 8.04, the Hardy Heron. These packages install to <em>/usr/lib/kde4</em> and can be installed along side your exist… Full story >>>

<img src="http://www.kubuntu.org/~jriddell/8.10-upgrade/upgrade3-wee.png" align="left" style="margin: 1ex;" width="400" height="300" /> <p>Kubuntu 8.10 Beta has been released. This is a major upgrade for your desktop featuring the beauti… Full story >>>

<h4>This is not <em>The Matrix</em>. But it is</h4> <p><strong>QCon 2009</strong> Agile development practices may be growing in popularity among developers, but agilistas aren't getting much love from software architects.…</p> Full story >>>

<h4>Storage doesn't have to spin</h4> <p><strong>Comment</strong> When you are recovering from a long period of hard times and light appears at the end of the tunnel and gets closer and closer until you emerge into glorious daylight, you get a spring in your step and st… Full story >>>

<h4>Pricing power goes virtual</h4> <p><strong>Antitrust 2.0</strong> Why did Google leave outgoing Yahoo! chief executive Jerry Yang heartbroken at the search engine altar? If you believe the words chief ad broker and CEO Eric Schmidt <a href="http://www.nytimes.com… Full story >>>

<h4>To Itanium or not to Itanium</h4> <p><strong>SC08</strong> Architectures can change quickly in the supercomputing space, and slow-moving vendors can get left behind or at least find themselves out of step with the next big wave of sales in the HPC area. This has hap… Full story >>>

<h4>Subscription service customers only</h4> <p><strong>In brief</strong> Sun Microsystems has added a query analysis tool to MySQL, but for paying customers only.…</p> Full story >>>

<h4>RRoD, frozen consoles and missing avatars mentioned</h4> <p>The New Xbox Experience (NXE) has barely been out for 24 hours, but gamers have already claimed that it’s messing with their consoles. Some have even said the update’s caused the dreaded Red Ring of Death (RRoD) to… Full story >>>

<h4>Freebie teraflops for ISVs</h4> <p><strong>SC08</strong> When it comes to parallel supercomputing, and indeed any kind of parallel processing, the hardware is the easy part. The systems software, including a tuned software stack and middleware for managing data, vis… Full story >>>

<h4>While ISS crew hunt missing spider</h4> <p>Endeavour mission specialists Shane Kimbrough and Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper are getting ready for the second mission STS-126 spacewalk outside the International Space Station this afternoon, scheduled to get under way at 18:45 GMT.…<… Full story >>>

<h4>MSPs say nae, but move means naething</h4> <p>The Scottish Parliament has voted against the government's proposed ID cards, in a gesture of Phythonian futility.…</p><a href="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/jump/reg.rss.4159/main;sz=336x280;ord=12345678922?" target="_bla… Full story >>>

<h4>Galactic jaunt for F1 champ?</h4> <p>Formula 1 champ Lewis Hamilton is planning to stump a cool £625,000 for five seats on a Virgin Galactic flight, according to the <em>Evening Standard</em>.…</p> 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 >>>