Schorr in 1957; he considered himself ‘the last of Murrow’s boys’. Photograph: AP Daniel Schorr, who has died aged 93, belonged to the generation of American journalists who made their reputations in the early days of the cold war. He covered the Marshall plan and the building of the Berlin Wall. He was one of [...]

Schorr in 1957; he considered himself ‘the last of Murrow’s boys’. Photograph: AP Daniel Schorr, who has died aged 93, belonged to the generation of American journalists who made their reputations in the early days of the cold war. He covered the Marshall plan and the building of the Berlin Wall. He was one of [...]

Extracting shale gas near Blackpool would reduce the need for imports as North Sea gas supplies dwindle. Photograph: Christopher Thomond Blackpool could become the new Houston if an experimental “shale gas” well being drilled in the north-west of England this week turns up the same stellar results that have been seen in America. Lord Browne [...]