Father James Chesney died in 1980 without ever having been questioned about the Claudy attack. Photograph: PA Northern Ireland’s police ombudsman today publishes a report into the 1972 bombing of Claudy, in Derry, which killed nine people and injured The report, from Al Hutchinson, will... 

Diego Maradona on a trip to visit Venezuela’s president Hugo Chavez last week. Photograph: Fernando Llano/AP The Argentina coach, Diego Maradona, is keen to sign a new contract – as long as he is allowed to retain his entire backroom staff. The 49-year-old will today hold talks with... 

The cover of Tony Blair’s book A Journey. Photograph: John Swannell On the banks crisis ‘The biggest danger was a view that people would want the state to come back into fashion – I didn’t think that’ On the third way ‘I’m still a third way advocate …... 

David Cameron, pictured on his way to a meeting with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh in New Delhi, has written to Tory backbenchers to thank them for their support. Photograph: B Mathur/Retuers David Cameron has reached out to disgruntled Tory MPs by writing an end-of-term letter in which...