Search results for ‘NTC’

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  • 11 Feb 2011

    The planned sale of some of England’s publicly owned forests is being put on hold – but campaigners say it is not the climbdown they are looking for.

  • 27 Jan 2011

    Exclusive: Jeremy Bamber, who was sentenced to life in 1986 for the murder of five of his family members, has claimed that previously-unseen police photographs prove he was not given a fair trial.

  • 17 Jan 2011

    It seems like yesterday they were dewy-eyed newlyweds. But seven months on, the odd couple of British politics would like it to be known they are at loggerheads about marriage, writes Gaby Hinsliff.

  • 7 Jan 2011

    Political historian Anthony Howard died suddenly in December. His eulogy, by writer Robert Harris, describes a uniquely talented man who was a privilege to know.

  • 6 Jan 2011

    Our Chief Correspondent, Alex Thomson, looks at the reported “deal” between US forces and local tribes in the Sangin area of Afghanistan which could see an end to attacks on allied forces in return for some degree of autonomy for local people.

  • 16 Dec 2010

    As Liam Fox calls off a controversial trip to Sri Lanka, Jonathan Miller looks at claims the defence secretary recently discussed “investment opportunities” in the country accused of war crimes.

  • 8 Dec 2010

    As hackers claim to have brought down Mastercard’s website in revenge for the firm suspending services WikiLeaks, Julian Rush explains what “Distributed Denial Of Service” really means.

  • 29 Nov 2010

    Angela de la Cruz creates paintings using the language of sculpture and vice-versa, creating works with an element of slapstick comedy which strike at a deeper emotional tension.

  • 12 Nov 2010

    A Twitter campaign in support of a man convicted over a ‘joke’ Tweet threatening to blow up an airport has exploded globally.

  • 14 Oct 2010

    Channel 4 News has learned that a US soldier would face “severe punishment” if he failed to quickly inform his superiors about throwing a grenade which killed aid worker Linda Norgrove.

  • 12 Oct 2010

    The United States Central Command has launched an investigation into how the captive British aid worker Linda Norgrove died during a rescue attempt by US special forces in Afghanistan.

  • 11 Oct 2010

    The inquests into the deaths of the 52 victims of the London bombings on 7 July 2005 begin today. Home affairs correspondent Andy Davies says their families hope to finally get some answers.

  • 24 Jun 2010

    It was a pretty harsh move, designed perhaps to cure the impression that Obama is a soft-touch, indecisive, slow to move. Even Robert Gates, the defence secretary, counselled against it. But in the end McChrystal had to go. The logic is there: how can allies and Afghans listen to US policy if the face of…

  • 27 Apr 2010

    The claim “You are a force now of half a million nurses, 80,000 more than in 1997… We have built more than 100 new hospitals and we’ve built hundreds upon hundreds of new health centres and walk in clinics.” Gordon Brown, speech to the Royal College of Nurses, 26 April 2010 The analysis Lets take a…

  • 1 Feb 2010

    Short session but some pretty important points. Missing kit and procurement problems have come up before but remember this; the Chief of the Defence Staff is “the professional head of the UK Armed Forces and the principal military adviser” to the Defence Secretary and the government. Put another way: top brass. Jock Stirrup got in…