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EU forces in anti-piracy raid on Somali mainland

The EU’s naval force off the Somali coastline on Tuesday carried out its first air strikes against pirate targets on shore, officials said. Maritime aircraft and attack helicopters took part in the attacks early in the morning on the mainland, a spokesman said. No casualties were reported in the raid along Somalia’s central coastline in …

Hurrah for Pudsey the dogs victory on Britains Got Talent

Pudsey the dog has won Britain’s Got Talent, with its owner, Ashleigh. Aaah! Weren’t they brilliant? Did you see those judges blown away? Soppy faces? Nearly in tears? And the audience going wild – giving a standing ovation, nearly crying at the sweetness of it all? So was I, because weren’t they both charming, clever and just adorabubble? And …

JP Morgan crisis: Obama backs tougher Wall Street regulation

President Obama has said JP Morgan Chase’s $2bn (?1.2bn) trading loss demonstrates the need for tighter financial services regulation, amid reports that Ina Drew, the bank’s departing chief investment officer, is walking away with a $32m payout. Obama said the losses at JP Morgan were so big that the US government might have had to …

Hunt members found guilty of illegally pursuing fox with hounds

Three leading members of a Sussex hunt have been convicted of pursuing a fox illegally with hounds, in a case that will be seen a significant victory for animal rights activists. The guilty verdicts at Haywards Heath magistrates court are a blow for the hunting community which is increasingly resentful of close scrutiny by monitors …

So your second-hand clothes are sold to Africa – dont stop donating them

Have you swished? Do you shwop? Today there are more ways than ever to get rid of your unwanted clothes. But whatever option you choose, your cast-offs will generally end up in the hands of a specialist group or textile merchants – mainly small family-run businesses like my own, who have the expertise and specialist …

London 2012 Olympics: IOC rejects silence for Munich victims

The International Olympic Committee has rejected an Israeli call for a minute’s silence at the London Games to mark the 40th anniversary of the Munich terrorist attack in which 11 Israeli athletes were killed. A letter from the committee’s president, Jacques Rogge, on Monday ignored a specific request for a minute’s silence, saying only that …