Graham poll: german inefficiency robbed chelsea of two penalties
Chelsea can once again bemoan their luck with penalty decisions in the Champions League after Wolfgang Stark refused to give two clear spot kicks after fouls from corners.
Lucio shines for inter as mourinho's side dump chelsea out of europe
Lucio was the Incredible Hulk attempting eight tackles and successfully completing 87.5 per cent. The Brazil captain clearly had Didier Drogba rattled.
Martin samuel: don't worry dear, fabio capello won't make a drama out of a crisis
The bad news for England is, well, the usual in World Cup year, really. Injuries, scandals, loss of form, burn-out.
Ena Dickinson, 94, lost nearly half the blood in her body during what should have been a routine hip operation. Werner Kolb cut the wrong muscle, severed an artery and used the wrong cutting tool in what an expert witness described as the worst case of negligence he had come across.
Neil Jones and his partner Maxine Winfield were driven from their home as neighbours suspected they were responsible for the death of four-month-old Abbie.
Boots lab technicians kept photos of naked schoolgirls copied from customers' orders
Thomas Befroy and Alan Hermon hoarded the pictures of girls between the ages of 12 and 17 in a hidden compartment in the lab.
Vat increase is back on the agenda after labour retreat
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne retracted his suggestion last week that there would be no new rises in VAT or other taxes.
The 232 flipping mps: one in three changed status of their main home to cash in on expenses
The practice became notorious last year when it emerged that some MPs had repeatedly changed the designation of their second home.
Morning-after pill 'does not cut teen pregnancy'
The use of emergency contraception doubled in just six years, but the latest data shows it has failed to slash rates of conception or sexually transmitted infections.
How 1.7million workers 'do not have the skills to do their jobs'
The research, commissioned by the Government, shows that over the last four years the number of such workers has shot up by 400,000 to 1.7million.
Surfin' safari: peruvian dog trainer teaches alpaca to ride the waves
Pisco is thought to be the first alpaca in the world to learn how to surf. His Peruvian owner, Domingo Pianezzi, had spent ten years teaching the sport to dogs and thought he'd take his animal training one step further.
Clog del crime: police hunt britain's six most wanted fugitives hiding in holland
The six wanted men, who are suspected of serious crimes including rape, manslaughter, robbery and drug smuggling, are believed to be hiding out in Amsterdam.
Andrew alexander: don't get hung up on a hung parliament...
The Government's plan for halving the budget deficit over four years is described in a leaked draft report from the EC as inadequate, not fit for purpose.
She tells her viewers about a man she knows who scratched his nether regions after chopping chillies... Will Nigella feel it necessary to compete at this level?
My interest in the welfare of abandoned dogs was sparked in 1966 by a scruffy little black bitch who I spotted running loose in the heavy traffic of Kensington High Street.
Quentin letts: a rococo figure, he's not averse to using topspin...
Rolling his Rs like an Aberdonian accountant, Michael Gove yesterday led the Tory attack on how Labour was being bankrrrrrolled by the Unite trade union.
Martin samuel: brazilian beast lucio gives a roaring chelsea power show
This time there can be no complaints. No dark conspiracy theories. No innuendo or cursing of the fates. Chelsea were eliminated by the better team last night.
Swansea 0 west brom 2: dorrans scores controversial penalty to pave way for baggies win
Graham Dorrans' second-half penalty and Ishmael Miller's late strike helped West Brom keep the heat on leaders Newcastle and put further daylight between themselves and third-placed Nottingham Forest.
Sheffield united 3 blackpool 0: cresswell inspires blades to easy win
A brace from Richard Cresswell inspired Sheffield United to a comfortable victory over Blackpool and gave their Coca-Cola Championship play-off bid a boost.
Coventry 1 cardiff 2: whittingham fires bluebirds' play-off push
Peter Whittingham converted an stoppage-time penalty to sink play-off rivals Coventry and secure Cardiff's first Coca-Cola Championship victory on the road in five attempts.
Plymouth 3 bristol city 2: carl fletcher late show steals points for argyle
Carl Fletcher netted a late winner as struggling Plymouth claimed only their fifth home league victory of the season against 10-man Bristol City.
Reading 1 qpr 0: sigurdsson on the spot to end 10-man rangers' resistance
Neil Warnock's unbeaten start as QPR manager came to an end as a late Gylfi Sigurdsson penalty gave Reading yet another Coca-Cola Championship victory.
Crystal palace 0 leicester 1: berner's strike clips eagles' wings
Bruno Berner's second-half strike consolidated Leicester's Coca-COla Championship play-off place as they beat 10-man Crystal Palace.
Preston 2 sheffield wednesday 2: alan irvine makes point on deepdale return
Alan Irvine returned to Deepdale to make a point - and he did just that as Sheffield Wednesday conjured a stirring second-half fightback to deny Preston victory.
Blood-thinning drug 'better than warfarin'
Around 750,000 Britons could benefit from a new type of bloodthinning drug which has been hailed as the first major advance in controlling clotting for 50 years.
Gps blame 'worried well' for overloading the nhs
The newly formed Self Care Campaign claims the NHS is 'the victim of a demand-led culture' with 51.4million consultations a year for minor problems.
Ice ball therapy 'wipes out breast cancer cells without need for surgery or chemo'
The technique called cryotherapy is already used to treat prostate cancer. It involves inserting several needle-like 'cryoprobes' into the tumour and passing super-cold gas through them.
Gp blasts 'inhuman' flower ban hospitals
Dr Iona Heath said the dying are even denied the comfort of a doctor being in close attendance because of the risk of infection.
After nine years of friendship, seven years of wedded bliss, one film made together, one child ditto, Kate Winslet's marriage to film director Sam Mendes is over.
Winifred foley: the day i wallowed in my first hot bath - and turned into a crimplene cinderella
In the final extract from the enchanting second volume of her memoirs, Winifred Foley reveals how she lived for nine Spartan years in a remote cottage
Rosie huntington-whiteley shows olivier martinez what he's missing in another scantily clad shoot
In a new advertising campaign for fashion brand Thomas Wylde the 22-year-old is pictured topless, posing in nothing more than a pair of knickers and some jewellery.
Why improving a nation's health has made pretty boys all the rage in hollywood
Researchers have shown that as the health of a nation improves, women's taste in men softens towards pretty boy pin-ups such as Robert Pattinson.
Alexander mcqueen loses out to inventor of folding plug in design awards
London student Min-Kyu Choi won the Brit Insurance Design of the Year for his reinterpretation of the plug, which folds flat for storage.
And the oscar for the most likely to split up goes to...
Here, DAVID THOMAS reveals how Kate Winslet is just the latest in a long line of leading actresses to win an Academy Award and lose her man...
Cycling: 'i'm not fit enough to defend title,' says cavendish
Mark Cavendish has conceded he does not have "the form" to repeat his remarkable Milan-San Remo win of 12 months ago. The 24-year-old from the Isle of Man will line up to defend his title on Saturday but, following off-season dental problems, he is not in nearly the same condition as last year.
Injury hits england stars of the future
Two of England's brightest young back-line talents are facing long spells out of the game with injuries picked up in the same game last weekend.
Sizing jumps to put record right in arkle
Never mind the form book, it was the faith book that was the best-thumbed volume here yesterday. Belief in a horse, belief in a rider and, with it, victory that was the sweeter for the justification. The Irish-trained eight-year-old Sizing Europe put the nightmare of his 2008 Champion Hurdle defeat behind him to take the season's top prize for emerging two-mile chasing talent, the Irish Independent Arkle Trophy.
Borthwick in doubt as england lick wounds
Steve Borthwick, the England captain, should have spent yesterday lunchtime discussing the state of Six Nations play with representatives of the fourth estate, although he would surely have struggled to say anything reassuring following his side's performance in Edinburgh, which left most travelling supporters in dire need of a conversation with the Samaritans. Instead, Borthwick left the team base in search of specialist advice on a worsening knee problem that may force him out of this weekend's thankless trip to France.
Sue montgomery's day two verdict: walsh leaves his champion to mind fences
In the Champion Chase there is little room for error and even less time for a rider to organise his mount on the approach to a fence. "If you start doing that you'll land five lengths adrift of where you were," said Ruby Walsh, partner of today's hot favourite Master Minded (3.20), "so you have to leave it to the horse."
Augusta rules: why tiger chose the masters
Of all the staggering Tiger Woods victories, none would compare to the fifth Green Jacket he plans to don on 11 April. The time he won his first major as a professional by 12 shots? A mere bagatelle. The time he won a major by a record 15 shots? Pah. How about the time he won a major on one leg? Nothing but a walk – well, hobble, in the park.
Prydie breaks wales age record
Teenager Tom Prydie has been tipped as a possible "superstar" as he prepares to make Welsh international rugby history. Prydie, at 18 years and 25 days, will become the 1,074th Wales Test player and youngest of all time when he lines up against Six Nations opponents Italy in Cardiff on Saturday.
Tiger: i'll make my comeback at masters
Tiger Woods yesterday announced he will end his "indefinite break" at the Masters in three weeks' time. The world No 1 has taken the unprecedented decision to bypass the warm-up events and head directly to the season's first major.
Is it game on for east london?
The East London market that mushroomed up around Stratford when the London 2012 Olympic bid's victory was announced in 2005, has already seen it's fair share of boom and more recently, bust. But the hiatus in sales could to be coming to an end with the Games on their way and the promised housing and regeneration projects fast becoming a reality.
Park part of united's landscape
Park Ji-sung never felt like leaving Manchester United, even in his despair at being completely overlooked for the 2008 Champions League final. Despite being one of the most industrious players in Sir Alex Ferguson's squad, Park did not even make the bench for the Moscow shoot-out triumph against Chelsea. Instead he was consigned to watch from the stands, the odd man out in every sense.
Aquilani so delighted to be kop idol
The Liverpool midfielder Alberto Aquilani feels that he has finally arrived at Anfield after scoring his first goal in front of the Kop, and is keen to have a major say on the remainder of the club's season.
Lescott fit and fired up for england
The Manchester City defender Joleon Lescott has twin ambitions going into the final phase of the season. He wants to help the club secure a top-four finish in the Premier League and in the process clinch a place in England's World Cup squad.
Mark steel: the anti-union brigade are just a bunch of hypocrites
Here we go. It's time to blame everything on the unions again. So Gordon Brown calls the planned cabin crews' strike "deplorable", but the Tories and most newspapers scream this isn't enough. Presumably David Cameron will make a statement that starts, "This is much worse than deplorable, Gordon Brown, it's shit. Absolute shit. And I don't mean like a cow pat, that can be quite endearing in a rural setting, I mean a great squashy dollop left by an untrained Alsatian. So why doesn't the Prime Minister go ahead and say so."
Alex james: i feel drawn like a moth to a flame
It was a huge bonfire, a bonfire as big as a house. The heroic scale of modern industry, of 21st-century agriculture is always daunting, like giants are at work: haystacks as big as high-rises are otherworldly, a world that can tend to austerity, but this was the best thing I'd seen for ages. It was better than television or Blu-ray or aeroplanes going over, better than snowdrops.
Liz hoggard: they could've warned us of the split
When news flashed up on TV screens at London's Victoria station on Monday night: "Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes split", like half of Britain I took it personally. Why didn't they tell us? Why did I have to find out from other people?
Hamish mcrae: do fewer things but do them better
Oh dear. On and on it goes. Everyone knows that the next government will have to sort out the country's finances. Yet every new comment on this, be it from the European Commission, the rating agencies, economists writing round-robin letters to newspapers, whatever, serves further to confuse. And we will have a Budget next week that will inevitably be so coloured by the forthcoming election that it will not, with the best will in the world, be taken seriously. A Budget announced in all probability three days before the Government calls an election cannot be the real deal.
Leading article: unhappiness is...
Could it be Leo Tolstoy who is ultimately to blame for writers' predilection for misfortune? He, after all, opened Anna Karenina with the celebrated assertion that happy families are all alike, while every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way – and so, one is invited to conclude, more promising material for novelists.
Leading article: omagh: the missing pieces
The bombing of Omagh, which killed not only 29 civilians but also two unborn children, was one of the most infamous acts of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The pity is that the Real IRA, which carried it out, is still around.
Violence erupts across east jerusalem
Fifteen policemen and at least 40 Palestinians were injured yesterday in clashes between stone-throwing protesters and armed Israeli security forces in Arab East Jerusalem.
Thousands pay tribute to latvia's fallen nazi troops
They turned out in their hundreds despite the snow: grizzled old men in overcoats and thick anoraks. Nearly all of them were in their late eighties and many hobbled on walking sticks. Watched by more than 1,000 blue-uniformed riot police, they brandished red-and-white Latvian national flags and barked out patriotic wartime "warrior songs" that echoed ominously through the narrow streets of Riga's old town.
Charles moore: making history through the lens
These days most great events are immortalised by photographs. Far fewer are the cases where the photographer is a driving force in the history he records. Such however was Charles Moore, whose unforgettable pictures both chronicled and propelled America's civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
Iran 'falls behind' in bid to build nuclear bomb
Iran's suspected drive to acquire nuclear weapons appears to have slipped back slightly, and Tehran is unlikely to have a bomb during 2010, America's top commander for the region told Congress yesterday.
Thai protests turn bloody in show of defiance
Thai protesters seeking a change of government turned to shock tactics yesterday, pouring gallons of their own blood into a glistening puddle at the gate of the Prime Minister's office.
Military trial for ex-army chief who took on president
The former army chief who incurred the wrath of Sri Lanka's President by challenging him in a bitterly fought election has been brought before a secret court martial and charged with breaking military regulations.
Matthew norman: you'd have thought cameron had learned from blair's past
Yesterday, Kenneth Clarke was mostly being wheeled on to the Today programme at 8.10am. Now I've written some dull and pointless intros on this page, you'll agree, but none as aimlessly dreary as that. What could be of interest about a Tory economic spokesman going on the radio to discuss the burgeoning deficit that threatens to impoverish our children's children even unto the seventh generation?
Keeping the internet pirates at bay
Last year, four unassuming-looking men faced a courtroom in Stockholm charged with facilitating the distribution of copyright material. It was dubbed the internet piracy trial of the decade and for good reason – the four were behind the world's most notorious yet massively popular file-sharing website, the Pirate Bay. Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi and Carl Lundström operated a service used by 22 million people. Set up in 2003, the peer-to-peer service acted as a "middle-man", indexing film, music, game and software files – the vast majority of them illegal – thus allowing others quickly to find and download them direct from the person uploading.
Cars: a computer for a co-driver
When Toyota Prius owners take their cars to the dealer under the company's latest of its ongoing recalls, they'll likely be out of the shop in about 30mins. Even though the recall has to do with a problem with the Prius' brakes, mechanics won't have to do much to fix the cars – they don't have to remove the wheels, poke around under the hood, or get near the brakes at all. That's because the flaw in the Prius is not mechanical. It's a software glitch.
Modular housing: green, stylish and yours for just £30,000
Modular housing might not set property pulses racing, but the latest generation of pod-like homes is hoping to inspire anyone concerned with sustainability and affordability and is now being touted as the newest solution to Britain's housing shortage.
Portsmouth sweat on their secret millionaires
The Premier League is set to confirm a nine-point deduction for Portsmouth today after the club's administrator admitted that talks with a takeover consortium have yet to lead to any proof of funds being produced.
The 'o' has a slash through it. You say the name like "Kirbke". But so far, the name itself hasn't been much used by English-speaking art folk. If you know his work, it's possibly a picture in the National Gallery already, with its surprisingly deep red wooden drawbridge. But now you can see much more of him there. Christen Købke: Danish Master of Light opens today.
Doctor ashok kumar: scientist and mp whose specialist knowledge proved invaluable in parliament
Ashok Kumar was first and foremost a scientist and secondly a politician. In fact, with the arguable exception of Dr Ernest (Nick) Davies, the Manchester University physicist who represented Manchester Stretford between 1966 and 1970, I cannot think of any MP in my time (1962-2005) as qualified in science – or, indeed, since the distinguished fellow of the Royal Society, Professor A.V. Hill, who represented the University of Cambridge and won a Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine in 1922, and quit the Commons in 1945.
The criticism of Joanna Lumley (report, 10 March) fails to address the key problems facing many Gurkhas, and risks taking attention away from the needs of these retired servicemen.
The silver-haired actor Peter Graves had the right name for his role as the stony-faced boss of an élite American government espionage agency in the television series Mission: Impossible. As Jim Phelps, he was in charge of the Impossible Missions Force's team of skilled operatives who carried out daring, top-secret assignments.
Barton takes another step on comeback for newcastle
Joey Barton is determined to play a part in Newcastle's charge back to the Premier League. The 27-year-old was in line for the second game of his comeback from foot surgery for the reserves at Hartlepool last night.
Anger as petrol prices accelerate back into the fast lane
Britain's petrol prices are poised to hit an all-time high and motorists frustrated by ever greater "pain at the pump" have both the oil industry and the Government in their angry sights.
Watching the murder detectives
Naked on the tarmac, underneath a yellow forensic tent, lies the body of Carl Beatson Asiedu. His mouth is open and, while one eye is closed, the other stares vacantly. The 19-year-old is yet another victim of London's knife-crime epidemic. Stabbed following an argument outside a nightclub, Carl was found dying in the back of a car when his friends, who were rushing him to hospital, ran a red light.
Clarke has let cat out of the bag on cuts, labour claims
Gordon Brown last night rejected demands by the European Commission for a further and faster reduction in Britain's £178bn public deficit as ministers warned it would mean "reckless" extra spending cuts of more than £25bn.
Christopher browne: investment fund manager whose questions led to the fall of conrad black
Christopher Browne was the Wall Street investment-fund manager who first raised the questions that would lead to the downfall and imprisonment of the publishing mogul Conrad (Lord) Black, the former owner of The Daily Telegraph. With 18 per cent of shares, Browne's firm, Tweedy, Browne Company was the largest single outside investors in Black's umbrella company, Hollinger International Inc, but in 2001 Chris Browne, their senior partner, became suspicious as to how Black and his wife, Barbara Amiel, were able to finance their lavish lifestyles.
Johnston: i will stop glazer-type takeover
The Rangers chairman, Alastair Johnston, is determined to prevent Andrew Ellis – and any other potential purchaser of the club – saddling the club with the kind of debt the Glazers have brought to Manchester United.
China denies arrested lawyer was tortured
Britain yesterday pressed China about the whereabouts of a human rights lawyer who vanished more than a year ago.
Exclusive: scale of youth crime suppressed until after election
The Government was accused last night of delaying the publication of potentially embarrassing crime figures until after the general election, in contravention of its own rules.
Kidnap boy's family deny paying ransom
The family of a five-year-old British boy kidnapped in Pakistan yesterday denied that a ransom was paid to secure his release from an armed gang.
Hull expect to name new manager before weekend
The Hull City chairman, Adam Pearson, claims to have read some "pretty reasonable" speculation over the identity of the club's next manager but insists there are more candidates.
French boss kidnaps herself to keep her job
The chief of all French chefs, Christine Pujol, has kidnapped herself. In recent months French workers have frequently taken their bosses hostage in an attempt to save their jobs. Ms Pujol, the boss of the main association of French restaurateurs, has reversed the recipe.
Abducted. raped. married. can ethiopia's wives ever break free?
Every woman remembers her wedding day with a tear in her eye – but, here in Ethiopia, the tears are different, and darker, and do not stop. Nurame Abedo is sitting in her hut high in the clouds, remembering the day she became a wife. She lives hundreds of miles into the countryside, thousands of miles above sea-level, in the hills of the bridal-kidnapping capital of the world. For 40 years, she didn't talk about her wedding, or how it came to happen. If she tried, she was beaten by her captor, who said good women never speak of such things. So she tells her story slowly, haltingly, her sentences punctuated by sudden high-pitched laughs that seem to erupt involuntarily from her gut.
Leading article: a hung parliament would not be a disaster for britain
The latest opinion polls suggest that a hung parliament is a real possibility after the next election. They also suggest that the public rather likes the idea. According to a recent survey, almost half of voters would like the next government to be required to work with one of the smaller parties to achieve its legislative agenda.
Sam dunn: 'my house just won't sell. will a kitchen revamp help me shift it?'
Question: My house has been on the market – at what I think is a reasonable price – for nearly six months with a few viewings but no offers. I'm now sorely tempted to spend up to £2,200 on a cosmetic kitchen revamp and some wooden decking in the garden to make it more attractive. As my house is on for £245,000, it's not much of an outlay, but is it worthwhile? I'm desperate to sell. Katheryn Smith, Carlisle
Champions league previews: stuttgart aiming for 'game of our lives'
Barcelona v Stuttgart
I will not quit in summer just to 'go out on high', says smith
The Rangers manager, Walter Smith, has no idea what his future holds beyond the summer, but he will not retire before he is ready just to finish on a high. The 62-year-old, who is working on a non-contract basis, could walk away with his reputation fully intact and further enhanced should Rangers complete the treble in May.
Quarter of nhs trusts fail to meet hygiene standards
A quarter of NHS Trusts are compounding the risk of hospital infections by failing to meet core standards on hygiene, the UK's healthcare regulator has found.
Bidders circle fashion chain phase eight
The fashion retailer Phase Eight has received a series of takeover bids in a further sign that corporate activity in the retail sector is on the rise.
Hedge fund talks collapse after brown intervenes
The European Union has been forced to shelve controversial plans to regulate hedge funds after Gordon Brown intervened to tell his counterpart in Spain that the terms were unacceptable to Britain.
Khodorkovsky to putin: you owe me answers
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the jailed former head of Russia's biggest oil company, has thrown down the gauntlet to Vladimir Putin, the man many believe personally ordered his arrest.
Top mobile phone video games for movies
As video game sales sunk last year about 11 percent, mobile phone games were on the rise by 9 percent. The film studios' video game titles have sometimes been hit and miss, but they are jumping into mobile video games with success.
Spurs' relief over huddlestone
The Tottenham manager, Harry Redknapp, has received positive news over Tom Huddlestone's ankle injury following a second scan on the midfielder's damaged ligaments.
Turner eyes bank reform by november g20 meeting
The chairman of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) yesterday said that the next eight months are crucial in agreeing an international framework for banking regulation.
Us federal reserve pledges to keep interest rates low
The Federal Reserve vowed once again to keep US interest rates at rock-bottom levels for "an extended period" while it waits to measure the strength and sustainability of the economic recovery.
David prosser: strike one for ba in battle with unions
Outlook British Airways may not have reached a deal with cabin crew staff to prevent this weekend's strikes, but it did manage yesterday to come to an agreement with unions over the separate matter of pension contributions. And in the longer term, this is an accord that may prove much more significant for the airline's chances of survival.
David prosser: brown plays for time
Outlook Downing Street was at pains last night to portray the deferral of the vote on the European Union's alternative investment fund management directive as a victory. France knew it had the votes necessary to push the directive through the Ecofin meeting in Brussels unamended, they suggested, but agreed to carry on talking after an intervention from Gordon Brown. See what dividends the Prime Minister's strong relationship with Nicolas Sarkozy has produced.
David prosser: the banks send the oft packing
Outlook They are smart cookies at HSBC. Within hours of the Office of Fair Trading announcing yesterday that it had come to a deal with the banks on unauthorised borrowing fees, HSBC proudly unveiled a new launch. Its customers will soon be able to opt for an account that does not allow them to exceed an agreed overdraft limit, so the question of penalty fees will never arise.
Fsa bans merrill trader for five years
The City watchdog has banned a former senior trader at Merrill Lynch in London after he inflated the value of his trading book by more than $100m (£66m) to cover up huge losses.
China baulks at iron ore price rise
Chinese steel authorities attacked attempts by iron ore miners to increase annual prices by as much as 90 per cent yesterday, echoing earlier comments made by a European trade body, which said that groups such as Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton were threatening the economic recovery.
Shell growth plans axe 1,000 more jobs
Royal Dutch Shell is cutting a further 1,000 jobs this year as part of the reorganisation that will see the oil giant raise production levels for the first time in 10 years.
Business diary: time for sainsbury's execs to give back
Best of luck to Justin King, the Sainsbury's boss, who has begun an attempt to complete 32 one-mile runs in different parts of the UK by Saturday to raise money for Sport Relief. Sainsbury's could do with some decent headlines after copping flak for bringing bonuses forward for high earners in order to beat tax rises. Let's hope many of them are sponsoring King generously.
Kraft is 'truly sorry' for u-turn over closure of somerdale plant
The US food giant Kraft has said it is "truly sorry" for reneging on an earlier promise to keep open Cadbury's Somerdale factory just days after it acquired the Dairy Milk maker for £11.7bn in January.
Ministers must reveal costs of public-sector projects, warn peers
The real cost to taxpayers of private finance initiatives using public money should be published to end the Government's "misleading" presentation of the figures, an influential parliamentary committee said yesterday.