Mark Lewis-Francis celebrates winning the silver medal in the 100m final at the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona. Photograph: Andreu Dalmau/EPA In the hours after the men’s 100m final, and all through the night, Mark Lewis-Francis lay awake thinking about his European silver medal. After everything he has been through, from being an 18-year-old sprint [...]

The FSA shake-up on bonuses comes after new European rules were introduced. Photograph: PA The Financial Services Authority put the City on notice today that it was preparing to close down some of the avoidance measures firms use to keep paying out bonuses that potentially encourage excessive risk-taking. As the City regulator began a consultation [...]

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 [...]