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No excuse for drone killings

Foreign Minister Alistair Burt's admission that the Cameron government has "supported" a survey of attitudes to US drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal areas amounts to a tacit admission of British involvement.

Features

The Nigel buildings rent strike

by Richard Maunders

As Britain faces a new housing crisis we can learn from an occasion when tenants banded together to beat their landlord - and won new council housing

Sport

Leger hero Encke in positive test

Monday 20 May 2013

Racing: Last year’s St Leger hero Encke is among seven further horses formerly in the care of Mahmood Al Zarooni to test positive for anabolic steroids, the British Horseracing Authority said today.

Uefa faces protests over Qatar and Israel

Monday 20 May 2013

Football: Activists will target Uefa’s annual congress on Friday to protest against Israel’s selection as host for next month’s European under-21 football championships.

Relegated QPR need to adopt new philosophy

Monday 20 May 2013

Football comment: Useless, disjointed, heartless, farcical, embarrassing. This writer was asked a produce a 600-word review on Queens Park Rangers’ 2012-13 season. In truth, I really only needed to use five.

Tottenham 1 Sunderland 0: Gareth Bale hits screamer but Spurs win in vain

Sunday 19 May 2013

Football: Tottenham's hopes of finishing fourth were left in tatters despite a brilliant late goal from Gareth Bale which saw off an under-strength Sunderland.

Newcastle 0 Arsenal 1: Laurent Koscielny fires Arsenal into Champions League

Sunday 19 May 2013

Football: Arsenal might have gone eight seasons without a trophy, but once again they have their hands on the holy grail of Champions League football.

West Brom 5 Manchester United 5: Alex Ferguson signs off career with goals bonanza

Sunday 19 May 2013

Football: Alex Ferguson's 1,500th and final game in charge of Manchester United ended in an astonishing 5-5 draw after Romelu Lukaku netted a second-half hat-trick for West Bromwich Albion.

Nahki Wells vows to stay after firing Bradford to League One

Sunday 19 May 2013

Football: Nahki Wells says he won’t be leaving Bradford after his man-of-the-match display in the 3-0 win over Northampton at Wembley on Saturday.

Brave Lee Purdy outclassed by slick Devon Alexander

Sunday 19 May 2013

Boxing: Colchester welterweight Lee Purdy produced a brave display before being pulled out by his corner after seven rounds against IBF champion Devon Alexander in Atlantic City on Saturday night.

Celtic end season with first away victory since February

Sunday 19 May 2013

Scottish football: Celtic ended their campaign in emphatic fashion with a 4-0 win over Dundee United at Tannadice.

Stuart Broad and James Anderson tear through New Zealand to give England first blood

Sunday 19 May 2013

Cricket: Stuart Broad produced a superb spell of new-ball bowling to spark New Zealand’s collapse to 68 all out as England won the first Test by 170 runs today.