Prayers answered

British critics launch counter-petition to make sure Piers Morgan stays in the U.S.

Austerity continues to bite hard

The Treasury is one of four departments in the UK where number of civil servants on £100,000 or more has risen, in some cases doubling. When will people finally realise that terms such as ‘austerity’, ‘belt-tightening’, ‘cutback’ and other terms only apply to non-governmental areas and offices, mostly those who can least afford to ‘cut back’. In addition, someone has …

Kidding, right?

Balotelli appealed against the decision but an independent panel of City’s board upheld the penalty.

That’s a lot of takeaways

Carer jailed for stealing £31,000 from vulnerable woman she looked after to buy Chinese takeaways and clothes

The shocks keep coming

Maria Miller’s advisers warned The Daily Telegraph to consider the minister’s role in implementing the Leveson Report before this newspaper published details of her expenses.