Bishops says divided Church should turn to cricket

Lambeth conference opens with sermon from Sri Lankan bishop acknowledging 'reality' of Church's divisions

An Englishman's home is his chateau

The Brits are colonising French territory and beating the natives at their own game - from vineyards to politics

You must come – just don’t bring a present

Today’s fashionable hosts want nothing but your presence

Alf Hitchcock: at the sharp end of the blade war

Britain’s knife czar wants tough sentences but also wants to pay youngsters to improve their lives

Stoooopid .... why the Google generation isn’t as smart as it thinks

The digital age is destroying us by ruining our ability to concentrate

Gardasil: a cancer jab I don’t regret

Girls of 12-18 will soon be offered a controversial cervical cancer vaccination. Should parents welcome it?

This week's top stories from the UK

Sorry, the squeeze isn’t that bad

John Major says inflation is at least double the official figure. Is it really?

How your behaviour can change your children’s DNA

New research into inheritance shows we can alter family traits for better or for worse. Jonathan Leake reports

The mutant gene that makes horses white

White horses are actually mutants whose defective DNA carries a gene that accelerates ageing, scientists have discovered

Tory candidate quits over hate crimes arrest

Ian Oakley, 31, resigned as the parliamentary candidate for Watford after being arrested in connection with a hate campaign

Britons lose out as Spanish property firm folds

Thousands of British holiday-home owners are facing losses of as much as £150,000 each with the collapse of Martinsa-Fadesa

1,000 ways the state can break into your home

The publication of the first comprehensive list of laws available to police and council staff renews concerns over civil liberties

Sixth-form girls to get sex-disease cancer jab

As many as 300,000 girls will be given a vaccine against the sexually transmitted disease that causes most cervical cancers

Darling begins the great island getaway

Alistair Darling is to seek shelter from Britain’s economic storm by going on holiday to one of Scotland’s remote islands

Ministers may call time on happy hour

The government is to propose a ban on happy hours in pubs and clubs across Britain as part of plans to tackle binge drinking

The Proms, but not as we know it

Jeff Beck, the guitarist, made a surprise appearance at the Proms, creating a piece of musical history alongside Nigel Kennedy

You’re on your own, 003½

Son of the James Bond actor received no financial help from his multimillionaire father, claims Sean Connery's former wife

‘Space bridge’ puts Hartlepool on map

Turner prize-winning artist is to create one of the world’s biggest sculptures in Hartlepool with a space-age pedestrian bridge

Full scale of Sats fiasco revealed

Head teachers warn that as many as one in four pupils could have their test scores reviewed because of the marking fiasco