Brendan Barber says there will be a ‘real reaction’ when the spending cuts begin to bite. Photograph: Eamonn Mccabe It feels like Brendan Barber has worked for the union movement so long that he was probably sent to Australia with the rest of the Tolpuddle Martyrs and only recently came back. In fact he has [...]

AP May 1: Floyd Mayweather Jr. celebrates his victory over Shane Mosley, rear, after their WBA welterweight boxing match in Las Vegas. LAS VEGAS — Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been arrested in Las Vegas on a felony theft charge stemming from a domestic violence complaint by his ex-girlfriend. Las Vegas police Officer Bill Cassell [...]

The Welsh Assembly building in Cardiff – the assembly could help pay for ailing Welsh language channel S4C. Photograph: David Jones/PA A few days ago an email arrived in my inbox from the Welsh Language Society, Cymdeithas yr Iaith. It threatened a resumption of “non-violent direct action” similar to that adopted in the fight to [...]

AP Sept. 9: Tiger Woods tees off on the 11th hole during the first round at the BMW Championship golf tournament in Lemont, Ill. LEMONT, Ill. — At this point in a strange season, slow starts should be nothing new to Tiger Woods. This one came at a bad time. The BMW Championship is the [...]

The Development Driller III, which is drilling the primary relief well, and the Helix Q4000, background left, the vessel being used to perform the static kill operation, are seen at the site of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico. Photograph: Gerald Herbert/AP BP claimed today...