Justice secretary Ken Clarke has ordered a review of sentencing in an attempt to slow growing prisoner numbers. Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian The prison population in England and Wales is predicted to rise by a further 3,500 to a record 88,500 by 2016 unless there are major changes... 

Could Sir Richard Branson take a lead in persuading super-rich Britons to meet the GIving Pledge criteria of giving away at least half their fortunes? Photograph: Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images The figure is 5bn. That’s what the Giving Pledge made by 38 American billionaires on... 

Coalition pardners … Jake Gyllenhall and Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain. Photograph: Rex Features Francis Maude may well be right to insist that David Davis’s description last week of the Cameron/Clegg partnership as the “brokeback coalition” has a positive side.... 

Engadget Steve Jobs discussed issues with the iPhone 4′s antenna that have been plaguing the gadget — and is offering owners free cases to fix it. But he didn’t apologize or announce new hardware or a software fix for the issue. Is the Apple answer a long-term solution or merely... 

Three of 20 e-fits released by police of people who have died on Britain’s rail network over the last 35 years. Photograph: PA More than 1,000 unidentified bodies found across England and Wales over the last 50 years could be named as a result of a sweeping cold-case review. Police said...