Felicity Spector

Two cases, two potentially historic rulings on the future of gay rights. Should same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry – and equal protection under the law?

First coffee shops, then a bakery – now a family restaurant chain: supermarket giant Tesco says it wants to make branches warmer and more welcoming. But will its strategy pull customers in?

Could you live on just a pound a day? 1.4 billion people subsist below the poverty line around the world. Now leading chefs are joining a global challenge to raise awareness – and cash.

There is no big bang. As last night’s deadline for sweeping cuts to Americas federal spending passed – what will the sequester mean, and who will it hurt?

He’s been convicted of tax fraud and is charged with paying for sex. But despite the protests Silvio Berlusconi could lead his conservative coalition back into power, writes Felicity Spector.

The world’s biggest food company, Nestle, withdraws a range of beef ready meals across Europe after tests show they contain more than 1 per cent horsemeat.

Assertive, confident and in no mood for compromise. After years of frustration at a bitterly divided Congress, Obama laid out his priorities for the next four years: a wish list, or a realistic plan?

A chance to lay out his priorities and the goals of his second term. As President Obama prepares to make his State of the Union address tonight, he will be warning congress: don’t try to stop me.

Supporters claim it is tastier and more nutritious – but the Food Standards Agency has taken Selfridges and a dairy farmer to court for selling raw milk at the London store.

In the biggest ever study of its kind in the UK, researchers from Oxford University have found a vegetarian diet dramatically reduces the risk of heart disease. Will it change the way we eat?

The price of fizzy, sugary drinks should be raised by as much as 20 p a litre, says a new report, with the proceeds of a new tax going towards schemes which improve child health.

Offensive, provocative or anti-Semitic? Gerald Scarfe apologises over the timing of his Sunday Times cartoon, but insists his sketch was a criticsm of Israel’s prime minister – not the Jewish people.

She has the experience, the support and an unrivalled fundraising team. Hillary Clinton would make a formidable candidate in 2016, but does she have what it takes to run a presidential campaign?

It might be good for us – but mackerel should be confined to an occasional treat. Overfishing means it has been taken off the Marine Conservation Society’s “fish to eat” list.

A president, on the brink of his second term, racing against the clock to push historic legislation through a reluctant House. Does Lincoln’s battle to abolish slavery hold any parallels today?