John Makinson: the consumer must be given what the consumer wants. Photograph: David Levene/for the Guardian Penguin this week celebrates its 75th year and is marking the anniversary by repackaging a series of seminal books from the 1960s to the 1980s. Although the company might afford itself a brief look backwards, it feels as though [...]

The regional ban was made because YouTube hosted Russia for Russians, an ultra-nationalist video. Photograph: The Guardian Russia’s blogosphere reacted with anger today after a regional court banned YouTube because it carried a single video containing “extremist” content. The court in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Khabarovsk region in the Russian far east ordered Rosnet, a local internet [...]

People will be encouraged to work longer under government plans to phase out the so-called default retirement age of 65. Photograph: Alamy Today’s top Society Guardian news and comment Inquiry calls for closure of children’s heart surgery unit Compulsory retirement at 65 to be phased out Tell people they are fat, not obese, says minister [...]