So, this is massive. Wang Lijun, the Chongqing police chief who was removed from his duties last week, has disappeared on "stress leave" after attempting to defect via the US consulate in Chengdu, where he reportedly tried to claim political...

As Pete says, Obama fired some well-aimed arrows in the direction of Mitt Romney in his State of the Union address. But it was also a clear attempt to outline Obama’s re-election message, which would, I think, be the same no matter who he faces in November. The idea is to stress that Obama, unlike the corrupt Republicans who nearly bankrupted America, is a ‘fair shake’ candidate,...

David Cameron will stress his desire to reform the European Court of Human Rights in a speech in Strasbourg later.

Liberal Democrat Councillor Duwayne Brooks, the only witness to Stephen Lawrence’s murder, talked movingly to Radio Four’s Today programme this morning. He described some of the effects of his post-traumatic stress disorder following the murder, praised the police for the conviction of two of the attackers and expressed some doubt that the other attackers will

MPs should undergo annual mental health checks to make sure they are up to the job, says a psychologist.

David Cameron’s use of the veto in the early hours of this morning changes the British political landscape. The first thing to stress is that if the euro collapses it will not be because of the British veto. The deal agreed between the 17 eurozone countries and six of those nations who still want to join it does not address the single currency’s fundamental problems.   What is, pe...

A British veteran who developed post-traumatic stress disorder after serving in Iraq is campaigning for changes to police and medical forms to ensure soldiers suffering from the condition get treatment.

In a survey about party leaders, the stress on callowness is unmissable. People have noticed they are governed by kids, writes Jonathan Ford

The EU’s interim 'stress test' report has begun to flesh out the skeleton of what a new European nuclear safety regime could look like in the wake of the Fuksuhima disaster in Japan. More »

Investors have a right to judge for themselves whether US lenders are still weak or whether the Federal Reserve is just playing Scrooge