Winning the July 10 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway put a new zing in the season for David Reutimann, who remains in the group of drivers with a shot at making the Chase for the Sprint Cup. “That (winning) can change the whole outlook of the entire organization,” Reutimann said Tuesday.... 

Oil floats on the surface of the water near a controlled burn above BP’s Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico. Photograph: Ann Heisenfelt/EPA BP ordered the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig, whose explosion led to the worst environmental disaster in US history, to overhaul... 

British prime minister David Cameron reacts to applause after delivering a speech in Bangalore. Photograph: Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images On Tuesday David Cameron began his official visit to India – a major step towards establishing an “enhanced partnership”. From India’s... 

Treasury financial secretary Mark Hoban speaks about compensation for Equitable Life policyholders in the House of Commons. Photograph: PA Let’s hope none of Equitable Life’s 1.5m policy-holders voted Tory in the belief that there was a pot of gold waiting for them. True, the coalition... 

David Miliband’s gaffe over the ‘cluster’ document brings into question his judgment and intellectual honesty. Photograph: Graeme Robertson “That referred mainly to the 1990s.” With these words at the Iraq inquiry Hans Blix shot down not just Jack Straw’s...