Hay festival: Giles Foden, Nicholas Stern and Jay Rayner
24 May - The Guardian Hay festival site is bathed in sunshine, and for once even the spectre of climate change isnt enough to dampen the spirits: in the second of our Haycasts, Nicholas Stern explains why he refuses to be pessimistic about the planet
Poetry professor denies smear claims
24 May - Ruth Padel, Oxfords first female professor of poetry, attempted to fend off calls for her resignation today, just a week after she was elected to the post. The demands came over claims she alerted journalists to allegations that Derek Walcot
Follow all the final day action
24 May - Refresh this page for all the latest action. Email your musings to scott.murray@guardian.co.uk60 min: Vennegoor of Hesselink tries to guide a looping header into the top-left corner from six yards, but gets far too much on it. Meanwhile at T
Inquiry into palace 'security breach'
24 May - News of World says undercover reporters sneaked past security checks with help of chauffeur who has now been suspended from jobA royal chauffeur was suspended from his job today as Scotland Yard and Buckingham Palace began investigating clai
Premier League: Sink or survive?
23 May - Alan Shearer is poised to be offered the Newcastle job permanently regardless of what happens in their relegation battlePictures of Alan Shearer being embraced by Jack Walker at Anfield in 1995 adorn the walls at Ewood Park. It was the happi
Miliband's climate masochism
24 May - UK climate change minister continues his self flagellation strategy at the Hay FestivalAmbushed was how the climate change minister Ed Miliband described his treatment at the hands of actor Pete Postlethwaite when he attended the Leicester S
Cameron hints at clearout of old guard over expenses
24 May - Conservative leader says he wants people with no background in Tory politics to consider standing as candidates for parliamentDavid Cameron today hinted at a desire to clear out the Conservative old guard when he said he wanted people with n
Your guide to today's sport
24 May - From Tannadice to Tyneside, Roland Garros to Monaco, Bristol to Wentworth, follow all todays sporting action on guardian.co.ukThe Premier Leagues season finale should really be termed Schadenfreude Sunday, such is the strength of emotion reg
Four people killed in M6 crash
24 May - Highways Agency spokesman says one of two cars involved in accident had been travelling northbound on southbound carriagewayFour people were killed in a crash after a car drove the wrong way along the M6 motorway today, emergency services sa
Tamils' tales of terror emerge
23 May - 250,000 Tamil civilians are held behind the wire of one refugee camp. Many have stories of a desperate escape. Most go unheard - but 10-year-old Sopikas account is a testimony to brutalityThe UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday visite