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Foreign Office officials thought war 'illegal'

A senior Foreign Office lawyer who quit in protest at the invasion of Iraq will this week lay bare the sharp divisions within the Blair administration and its Whitehall advisers as Britain careered towards war in 2003.

Paul Vallely: 'Good faith' isn't usually good enough

John Potter won numerous national Scottish awards for haggis making before he moved to the Wirral to set up Braveheart Butchers in Wallasey

You need a brave heart to stomach haggis

A Slice of Britain: A Scottish butcher is making waves in the Wirral as his offal offerings prove as popular as beef.

Whatever happened to the Primrose Hill set?

Once they were the darlings of the press, feeding the gossip columns with their bed-hopping and break-ups. Andrew Johnson discovers how it worked out.

La bolshie vita: Fury in the Fellini family

The late, great Italian film director's niece resigns in high dudgeon from his foundation – taking his Oscars with her.

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Aid for Haiti investigation: The truth

As the search for trapped survivors is called off, the relief operation steps up. But is criticism of its pace to date justified?

Pressure grows for full report on torture boys to be published

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Karzai takes on the roadside bomb-makers

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Get off Glazers' backs, Fergie tells fans

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Paula O'Leary: A mother's love transformed by grief and anger

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A Prophet, Jacques Audiard, 149 mins (18)

Jacques Audiard's latest isn't merely a brilliant prison drama – it's also a terrifying vision of a universally corrupt France

Obama's new rules stir up Wall Street

Uncertainty over the future shape of the banking industry and the leadership of the US Federal Reserve is threatening renewed volatility in financial markets and casting doubt over the global recovery, economists and traders are warning.

Long live Hooky St: Del Boy prequel shows that best TV never dies

All good things must come to an end; except, it seems, good television.

Last decade warmest ever: NASA

The past decade was the warmest ever on Earth, a new analysis of global surface temperatures released by NASA showed Thursday.

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Steve Connor: Scientists have devised a way of tracking the spread of antibiotic-resistant microbes

S.Korea orders lights out to boost birthrate

South Korea's health ministry, which is charged with boosting the nation's low birthrate, is turning off the lights in its offices once a month to encourage staff to go home early and make more babies.

Can Apple save the written word?

Ian Burrell: Publishers hope new computer will do for them what the iPod did for the music industry.

Union warns teachers not to break up playground fights

A teachers' union is warning its members against intervening in playground fights.

Harrow head attacks 'worthless qualifications'

Alex Parker: Scottish international full-back revered at Falkirk and Everton

Alex Parker was that comparatively rare football being, a full-back and a folk hero. Renowned as a poised and stylish yet formidably combative performer while excelling in Everton's confident charge to the League Championship in 1962-63, he was revered no less passionately at his previous club, Falkirk, with whom he was awarded all but one of his 15 caps for Scotland.