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An ambulance carrying Nelson Mandela to a hospital two weeks ago developed engine trouble, it has emerged
Anti-war demonstrators making their way down Piccadilly in central London in 2003

Anti-war protest anniversary marked

A series of events will be held in next month to mark the 10th anniversary of the huge anti-war protests, when millions of people took to the streets to voice their opposition to military action against Iraq.

Leveson heckler’s spiritual support from Desmond Tutu

David Lawley-Wakelin, who interrupted the Leveson Inquiry in May to accuse Tony Blair of being a war criminal, goes on trial today. The case, at Haringey Magistrates Court, sees him charged with causing Blair “harassment, alarm or distress”.

Protesters to target Tony Blair's UCL speech tomorrow


Polls have now closed in the Bradford West by-election

Questions for Labour after defeat

Ed Miliband is facing renewed questions over his leadership after Labour crashed to a calamitous defeat in the Bradford West by-election.
Joan Bakewell

Let Sir Fred Goodwin keep his title - for what it's worth

The moral crusade against Fred Goodwin has raised its sanctimonious head again. Why should Fred the Shred be robbed of his knighthood? He has not committed any criminal offence, as far as we know. His undoing was a hubristic business deal which went calamitously wrong. The 2007 decision to buy ABN-Amro and load RBS with debt was a case of monumental bad timing.

Ban on protest camps in London

A new law will sweep away the long-running Parliament Square peace camp and ban protesters from a huge swathe of central London.
David Cameron said the camp erected outside St Paul's Cathedral was not a constructive way to protest

PM: Tent demo is not constructive

Demonstrators should not be able to erect a tent village outside St Paul's Cathedral as part of their protest against excess in the City, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.
Jimmy Cliff

Jimmy Cliff, IndigO2 - review

It's not all Wonderful World, Beautiful People for Jimmy Cliff, the reggae veteran who crossed over before Bob Marley thanks to his role singing and starring in Jamaica's hard-boiled first movie hit, The Harder They Come.

Peace camp dismantled

Police remove 'litter' of Brian Haw's peace camp

Police today dismantled the late Brian Haw's 10-year-old peace demonstration camp after claiming it is "litter".

A Celebration of Harold Pinter, Pleasance Courtyard - review

Malkovich might have encouraged a touchingly awkward-looking Sands, who stands with his books on a bare stage like a lecturer the undergraduates have a crush on, to make eye contact with more of his audience.

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