Recession worries appear to be cutting voter support for the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Voters fear the return of recession and are divided on cuts in state spending, according to a Guardian/ICM poll published today. A narrow majority also believe... 

A ward at Dorset county hospital, where a total of £647,000 was spent on four temporary appointments. Photograph: Dave Penman/Rex Features Health workers’ unions expressed anger today after it emerged that a temporary chief executive had cost a struggling hospital trust more than £2,500... 

Forex Trade Alert Usually signals and alerts are supplied in situations, at which selected essential decisions want to be taken. Forex suggests submit projections or anticipations of a market status rooted on the most current information. The forecast will give us a picture of how is going to occur in the near... 

Former justice secretary Jack Straw has expressed unease about attending a Senate committee hearing. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Britain and the US are locked in a standoff over Lockerbie after a Scottish minister flatly turned down a request to appear before a Senate committee and Jack... 

Zac Goldmsith, whose election spending will be reviewed by the Electoral Commission. Photograph: Richard Saker/Rex Features The Electoral Commission today announced that it was carrying out a review of the Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith’s election spending after questions were raised over... 

Reuters/University of Melbourne An Adelieledone polymorpha, one of the four new species of octopuses that researchers have discovered in Antarctica that come replete with anti-freeze venom. Researchers have discovered four new species of octopus in Antarctica with venom that works at sub-zero temperatures. They...