Novelist Chinua Achebe dies, aged 82

Chinua Achebe: 'grandfather of African fiction'. Photograph: Craig Ruttle/AP Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian novelist seen by millio...

Gas price warning as cold March leads to short supplies

The cold snap in March could lead to gas supplies running out, forcing Britain to pay higher prices for fuel from elsewhere. Photograph: ...

Wholesale gas prices soar in Britain after pipeline is forced to close

Bacton Gas terminal in Norfolk, UK. The site was subject to a fault in the interconnector gas import system. Photograph: Clynt Garnham/Al...

Government's new housing policy 'can help wealthy buy second homes'

George Osborne is shown around a housing development in South London the day after delivering his budget. Photograph: Reuters The govern...

George Osborne challenges Ed Balls to Twitter popularity contest

George Osborne, left, and Ed Balls have a total of about 100,000 Twitter followers. The chancellor published his debut tweet on budget da...

Budget 2013: IFS warns of £9bn tax rises after election

George Osborne’s budget will be so difficult to implement an incoming government would have to raise taxes, the IFS said. Photograph: Oli...

Government's new housing policy 'can help wealthy buy second homes'

George Osborne is shown around a housing development in South London the day after delivering his budget. Photograph: Reuters The gover...

Cyprus crisis: MPs approve bailout legislation after day of deadlock - as it happened

People protesting outside the Cypriot Parliament this morning, where the vote has been repeatedly delayed. Photograph: Yiannis Kourtoglou/...

Russians flock to troubled Cyprus in attempt to protect finances

A Russian depositor holds a tablet computer showing a picture of Vladimir Putin during a protest in Nicosia, Cyprus. Photograph: Kati...

Angela Merkel reportedly outraged over Cyprus's behaviour

Angela Merkel is allegedly running out of patience with Cyprus. Photograph: Gon Alo Silva/Demotix/Corbis German chancellor Angela M...

Noam Chomsky: 'No individual changes anything alone'

'I grew up during the Depression. People would come to the door trying to sell rags - that was when I was four' … Noam Chomsky. Ph...