Former Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell said he lost faith in Prime Minister Gordon Brown as leader six months ago and has urged Labour to stop living in the past if it wants to win a fourth term in Government, the Daily Mail reports.
He called on the party to end its ‘nostalgic’ hankering for the New Labour era of the late 1990s when Tony Blair swept to power.
He compared the New Labour era to …

Tens of thousands of Iranians flooded the streets of Tehran yesterday to hear the country’s most influential powerbroker pronounce the Islamic Republic in crisis and as he called for the release of those arrested in recent pro-democracy demonstrations, the Times reports.
In a devastating attack on the regime, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a leading cleric and former President, told a crowd at Tehran University that the Government had lost the people’s trust. Referring to the handling …

The identities of more than four million Britons are being offered for sale on the internet, The Times has learnt.
Highly sensitive financial information, including credit card details, bank account numbers, telephone numbers and even PINs are available to the highest bidder, according to the report.
At least a quarter of a million British bank and credit card accounts have been hacked into by cybercriminals, exposing consumers to huge financial losses. Most of the personal data has …

The CBS News anchor of 19 years, who famously broke the story of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, lost his battle with cerebrovascular disease at his home in New York, the Daily Mail reports. He died at 8pm last night in US Eastern Time, or 1am this morning in Britain.
“It is impossible to imagine CBS News, journalism or indeed America without Walter Cronkite,” Sean McManus, the president of CBS News, said in a statement. “More than …

Lord Sainsbury of Turville has bankrolled the Labour Party for over a decade. He was Tony Blair’s most loyal minister who survived more reshuffles than almost anyone else and has donated £4.5 million under Gordon Brown. But now he is helping David Cameron to prepare for power, The Times writes.
“The end game is to make sure the country is run better, not just to support the Labour Party,” the former science minister explains. Lord Sainsbury wants …

Henry Allingham, the oldest surviving British serviceman from the First World War, and the world’s oldest man, died today at the age of 113, The Times reports.
Prince Charles once described him “one of our nation’s historic treasures” in a tribute contained in the war veteran’s autobiography. Charles, who met Allingham on several occasions, said he was a remarkable link to Britain’s past who should be cherished while he was still alive and able to re-tell …

There can be no other explanation to the recent developments in Spanish costas, as some of the local councils have banned radios, some partying, and some even smoking on the beach.
The Times brings us numerous new “offences” created by Spanish local authorities – one more absurd than another. Resorts across the country have introduced a host of rules and regulations about what one can and cannot do on the beach — from having sex to playing …