Новости за 13.12.2015

This is a challenge that must be met with every tool at our disposal

He's our man up there - best of luck to him

There is no guarantee it will effect the necessary cuts in emissions

Professor David Goldblatt explains to Jamie Merrill why 30 per cent of patients diagnosed with certain illnesses won't live beyond the age of five

How could we have forgotten the first rule of our national life: nothing every really changes?

As a Scottish resident, I saw personally the level of engagement from other teenagers during the independence referendum as we debated the arguments meticulously before coming to our own informed decisions. It's a shame those people will be shut out because of party politics

'Criminals' are our chaps, while 'terrorists' are dark-skinned Muslims

We disagree vehemently with many of the foreign and domestic policies of Western governments; we fight daily against prejudices and state oppression too, but we also know this country is where we belong

Last year, Rebecca's husband Nick was hit by a car and seriously injured. Here, in one of a series of columns, she writes about the aftermath of his accident

Bob Kerslake, head of the Civil Service until last year, will lend his voice to those defending FOI. He will be joined by Shami Chakrabarti, director of human rights campaigners Liberty, and Jonathan Isaby, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance

Labels of the past century may blind us to new brands of hostile nationalism

Like the addict who will sacrifice his family to feed his addiction, western foreign policy has for decades supported tyrants who have oppressed the peoples of oil-producing states across the Middle East

The following letters appear in the 14th December edition of the Independent

You have to wonder if use of the word 'trust' in these hospital titles is cruel irony

The wrong economic model of the crisis led Germany to insist on tighter fiscal rules which created a second eurozone recession. German influence on the European Central Bank also led it to delay QE for six years, and raise rates during 2011. Finally we saw how the actions taken much earlier by German employers and employees helped to protect Germany from the consequences of all this.

I have a pretty average job, but some of my newfound friends have important work lives; they're charity workers, doctors, lawyers, and more. Does that shock you?

The wonder of this recital was that Vignoles had stepped in at just two days' notice

Why shouldn't society make sure people have places to grow up in and grow old in? Why shouldn't that be a priority in a country where streets away from my terrace there are second homes only lived in during August, and some the dozenth home of their owner, rented at a disgusting premium to those with nowhere else to go?

Led by Reggie N Bollie, my cousin's kids have been Whipping, Nae-Nae-ing and Azontoing in their front room, proud to have a shared cultural connection with the duo

Beginning in 2016, leaders will have to begin to live up to their pledges

We need a new phrase for the current Prime Minister: 'advisers advise, ministers dither'

Users get a credit if they allow someone to stay in their spare room, allowing them to stay in someone else's home

I have received more calls from journalists on this issue than on any other, including the decision to drop bombs on Syria and my campaign to save the NHS

The Brexit campaign has no one of greater standing than Owen Paterson and Nigel Lawson on its books, and no newspaper backing apart from the Daily Express

I loathe being told what to do – and that includes having to have a fabulous family time