Making a point: Tony Blair’s publishers cannot say how many £150 editions of his memoirs have been ordered. Photograph: Reuters There is one guaranteed way of avoiding the fixed grin of Tony Blair when his ardently awaited political memoir, A Journey, finally hits the book shops on... 

A British Airways flight flies over a picket line near Heathrow airport in May. Disputes between BAA and workers have already resulted in 22 days of strike action this year. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Talks will be held today to try to avert looming strikes by airport workers that could... 

Jamie Waller renovated camper vans while on his gap year. Photograph: David Brooks for the Guardian If you are one of the thousands of students left without a university place this year or are just sick of living in austerity Britain, gap years have rarely looked so attractive. Only two obstacles... 

David Cameron during a visit to the Bandra slum in central Mumbai in 2006 when he was leader of the opposition. Photograph: Andrew Parsons/PA./PA A £500m deal for BAE Systems to supply Hawk jets is expected to be one of a string of high-profile contracts signed during the prime minister’s...