The allegation that Iran is providing arms and assistance to Hamas has been denied as "illogical" by many pundits. Gaza is sealed, they say and so it is just not possible for Iran to get in there. Here is another point of view: Reva Bhalla, a Middle East analyst with the private intelligence firm Stratfor, said Iran uses a sophisticated Hezbollah smuggling network to get arms to Hamas. "Basically,...

From today's FT: Sir, It seems that Robert H. Wade (Letters, January 2) has fallen prey to what Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850) called the mother of all fallacies: the failure to examine the effect that a policy has on all groups, both in the short run and the long run. In calling for government assistance to bail out failing industries one must ask: “Where are the funds coming from?&rdquo...

My thanks to Juliet Blake –the branch administrator –who does all the work on this. We have had a number of members seeking assistance from UNISON Welfare -some caught up in the recent credit...

A Stormont Committee is being briefed about a new Financial Assistance Bill expected to be brought to the full assembly next week.

More homeowners who are facing difficulties paying their mortgage after losing their job can now claim government help.

The impact of the credit crunch may cause chancellor Alistair Darling to consider providing further assistance to the banking sector.

Regional Selective Assistance grant scheme to be extended across Scotland.

Lucia has been experimenting with model data downloaded from KNMI and I thought that I'd try to experiment with this a little from time to time. Unlike Benjamin Santer, Ph.D. of the U.S. federal Lawrence Livermore Labs, who refused to provide any assistance whatever in providing the data used in Santer et al, the

The European Union is to provide up to €3.1bn ($4.3bn, £2.9bn) medium-term financial assistance to Latvia as part of a package totalling up to €7.5bn

Boris Johnson April 2008 “The next Mayor of London must show leadership if we are to end this crime…It is absolutely evident that we must be doing more to help, support and promote the assistance that is given to women…If I am fortunate to be elected on 1st May, this matter will be a priority under my Mayoralty…Quite simply, I believe that it is more importan...