Tony Blair's memoirs have broken sales records after a "stupendous" launch day, booksellers have claimed.

The managing director of the North Sea operations of Transocean, the drilling contractor involved in the BP Gulf of Mexico spill, will be grilled by MPs next week on the risks of deep-water drilling

Archant goes through good times and bad times when it comes to reporting local democracy and elections. Currently, under the present Editor and team, they are having a good time. Shaun Lowthorpe and Dan Grimmer are like the Statler and Waldorf of the City (there goes my favourable coverage) but are doing an excellent job. At the moment they are previewing 2 wards per day in the lead u to the poll....

BILLIE HOLIDAY : TRAGEDY AND DEFIANCE By Terry Liddle Ask the man on the street to name a famous woman jazz singer and it’s a fair chance he would name Billie Holiday. Even my 16 year old neighbour, who is into ear-grinding noise of the worst sort, has heard of her. And I’ve just been seen by a nurse in her thirties who loves Billie Holiday’s songs. Looking at Billie Holiday&rsqu...

I wasn’t going to blog about that foul little man’s foul little book, or the tongue bath the Guardian are giving it. But this extract on the death of John Smith struck me: Of course, I had no knowledge that...

It works because the KPA goosestep has that dainty little half step in the middle. Via. I trust the sight of the young people refreshes you. Elsewhere, here's your fetish for tonight. No, go on. It's safe for work.

TONY Blair claimed he ordered former foreign secretary Robin Cook to choose between his wife and his mistress after news of his affair broke in 1997.

SCOTTISH Labour leader Iain Gray has ruled out any additional funding for Edinburgh's beleaguered trams scheme if his party returns to power after next year's Holyrood

Tony Blair claims the credit in his memoirs for the independence of the Bank of England, and goes on to argue that Gordon Brown undermined Labour's 'crucial' relationship with business

Tony Blair's claim that he tackled Princess Diana over her relationship with Dodi Al Fayed has been cast into doubt after it emerged that the Princess had not yet become involved with the Egyptian millionaire at the time of the alleged conversation.