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The Sketch: Rock sinks the festive cheer00:00
Scotsman free after 20 years on US death row00:00
Today in the Premier League00:00
Biffa auction expected as it opens books to bidders00:00
Janet Street-Porter: Got a job in the tax office? Lucky you00:00
Clinton on the slide as Iowa test looms00:00
A wing and a prayer00:00
James Lawton: This is England: a country where football enjoys excess in all areas00:00
Royal Academy show in doubt as Russia withdraws artworks00:00
Hangover from party that turned into a night of shame00:00
Professor N. G. Carr: Researcher into blue-green algae00:00
First Reserve buys oil-rig operator Abbot Group00:00
A common market for health00:00
GKN to buy Filton plant from Airbus00:00
Ransom slips out of family hands after 'unacceptable' performance00:00
Market Report: Talk of Swiss interest in Cairn lifts oil stocks00:00
Record-breaking haul from Gaul discovered at farm in Brittany00:00
Pandora: Last Post sounded for Huhne when ballots arrived late00:00
BT in plea to Ofcom over payphones00:00
Tony Tenser: Film producer and distributor who dubbed Bardot a 'sex kitten'00:00
The rudest Christmas letter ever written by Roger Lewis00:00
Maureen Isaacson: I fear for South Africa's women in the Zuma era00:00
The 5-minute Interview: Gurinder Chadha, Film producer00:00
Guantanamo three detained after flying home to Britain00:00
Lib Dems recruit Eno as advisor00:00
Tourists master art of bowling badly with diploma in dropped catches00:00
Political paralysis fears after Mbeki defeat00:00
EU tells MasterCard to overhaul fees00:00
Hamish McRae: 2008: A recession in Britain, and oil at $175 a barrel. Or is that too outrageous?00:00
The Big Question: Who is Dmitry Medvedev, and what would his presidency mean for Russia?00:00
'We flew into Frankfurt and were treated like royalty. The next day I had my operation'00:00
Single error costs mighty Morgan Stanley $8bn00:00
New species of butterfly discovered by Andes expedition00:00
Pace takes over Philips set-top box arm00:00
Leading article: Culture club00:00
'Time' names 'dangerous' Putin as Person of the Year00:00
I don't believe in God, says Clegg00:00
Wood's hedge fund builds 10% stake in Northern Rock00:00
10 humanitarian crises forgotten (but not gone)00:00
Corridor allows India's threatened elephants to roam in peace00:00
Steve Richards: Gordon Brown has bounced back many times before, and may well do so again00:00
Central banks cool money market rates00:00
Recession fears fail to silence the Christmas tills00:00
Brown defends handling of banking crisis00:00
Barclays sues Bear Stearns over collapsed hedge funds00:00
The Investment Column: Moneysupermarket bounces back to restore confidence00:00
Independent Appeal: Pride restored to the people who lost their forest00:00
Thinking of travelling to Italy for treatment? I would think again00:00
Bank's fears for economy point to gloomy 200800:00
Schools win £53m to halt foreign languages slide00:00
Asylum-seekers from Congo face deportation00:00
Leading article: We will pay a steep price for our plunder of the oceans00:00
David Prosser's Outlook: Fingers crossed for a happy new year00:00
'Missing link' between whales and land-dwellers is found00:00
EU raises cod-catch quota, but stocks are fragile, say environment groups00:00
Tyrone Taylor: Reggae singer00:00
Johann Hari: Cluster bombs: an evil we must ban outright00:00
US Bill is 'turning point' in use of fossil fuels00:00
Cultural elite does not exist, academics claim00:00
Adrian Hamilton: My choice for person of the year? Angela Merkel00:00
Train leasing inquiry to look at DfT rules00:00
Leading article: Prolonging an uneasy marriage00:00
Coalition finds temporary solution to Belgium's political crisis00:00
First Night: Bruce Springsteen, 02 Arena, London00:00
Letters: Teaching00:00
BNP's ballerina is engaged to party's mayoral candidate00:00
Miles Kington: On the 12th day of Yule, my true love went binge-drinking