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Vince Cable: I could end coalition
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Anti-terror raids lead to 12 arrests over multiple bomb attack fears
Sources said that suspected targets included sites in Whitehall, and Christmas shoppers and revellers in the West Midlands
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Heathrow admits chaos will carry on for days as more snow is forecast
Front page
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Judge questions BAE deal over payments for Tanzania contract
Mr Justice Bean tells Southwark Crown court it appeared that BAE had paid 'whatever was necessary' to get contract
Top stories p2
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Call that art? No, Dan Flavin's work is just simple light fittings, say EU experts
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Multimillion-euro Spanish artworks sold as €30 scrap
Pieces by Chillida, Picasso and Botero in stolen lorry – but thieves head straight to Madrid scrap merchant
Top stories p3
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Transport chaos may continue until Christmas as snow returns to UK
Heathrow cancels bulk of flights as transport secretary Philip Hammond says he will ask BAA for an explanation
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Chill record: Worcester town Pershore encounters drop to -19C
Festive season challenged by 'bone-chilling' temperatures as market town experiences lowest mercury reading over weekend
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High street sales plummet with the temperature
With shoppers staying away in the cold weather retailers face £750m loss and could slash prices
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Q&A: Why is it so cold this winter?
Top stories p4
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Cold weather turns UK gas demand up to record levels
Increased gas consumption will add about £10 to the average household's energy bill this week
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UK snow proves a bonus for local shops
Stores doing brisk business as shoppers opt to stay closer to home rather than venturing to out-of-town retail parks
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Icy blast puts the skids under growth forecasts for economy
Expected surge in spending on big-ticket items in December now less likely after sub-zero temperatures
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UK snow leaves retailers in despair
Top stories p6
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University places to be cut by 10,000 by 2012, minister reveals
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David Cameron meets unions as Unite leader calls on workers to strike
Government says it has no plans for anti-strike laws as Unite leader Len McCluskey calls for broad industrial action
UK news p7
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Brother of Harry Potter actor admits attacking her
Brother of Afshan Azad, who played Padma Patil in the Harry Potter films, admits assault over relationship
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Jobcentre staff to hand out food vouchers
UK news p8
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Scientists conclude mouse virus does not cause ME
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Transport secretary makes offer to homeowners hit by high-speed rail link
Philip Hammond announces compensation scheme for people whose property values significantly fall as result of line
UK news p9
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Israeli police still seeking motive for knife murder
Attack on hikers by two Arab men 'politically motivated', claims surviving victim Kay Wilson
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Labour prepared to say yes to AV vote – but only if Clegg takes a back seat
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Ministers embrace the festive spirit of chaos
Michael White's sketch: Never mind the snow - tune into matey Michael Gove, the cabinet's Jeremy Vine
UK news p10
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Coalition is abandoning young people to joblessness, say MPs
Work and pensions select committee says cancellation of Labour youth jobs scheme will hit hard
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Infant chimps play with 'stick dolls'
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Lord chief justice approves use of Twitter for court reporting
Guidance follows district judge's decision to allow tweeting of bail hearing for Julian Assange earlier this month
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Anti-terror raids lead to 12 suspects being held
Arrests in Cardiff, London, Stoke and Birmingham as counter-terrorism detectives act to prevent alleged plot
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Brian Hanrahan dies at 61
UK news p11
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WikiLeaks cables: UK businessmen 'overeducated' says Richard Branson
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WikiLeaks cables: 'Taliban treats heroin stocks like savings accounts'
Head of UN office on drugs and crime Antonio Maria Costa says Afghan gangs and Taliban stockpiling drug to manipulate street price in the west
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WikiLeaks cables: US suspected Allen Stanford long before ECB deal
American diplomats told to avoid contacting or being photographed with billionaire two years before his fall from grace
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WikiLeaks cables: Libyan attacks aimed to force out 'Zionist' Marks & Spencer
Anti-semitic smear campaign by Libyans 'at the highest levels' risked damaging ties with UK, embassy warned
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WikiLeaks cables: Bulgarian nuclear project 'dogged by safety concerns'
German firm RWE, which owns npower, bought 49% stake in project that cable claimed 'reeked of side deals'
Top stories p14
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Belarus election: opposition leaders beaten as Lukashenko declares victory
Alexander Lukashenko's hardline regime detains hundreds after election protests as international monitors condemn Belarus poll
International p15
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Pope calls on Catholic church to 'repair injustice' of sexual abuse
Benedict XVI blames child abuse scandal on child pornography, sexual tourism and moral relativism of 1970s
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Death in Venice made easier by new funeral rule
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Viviane Reding takes on US over data privacy rights in anti-terror campaign
EU justice minister accuses US of too much focus on access to European citizens' bank accounts in battle against terrorists
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Iran jails director Jafar Panahi and stops him making films for 20 years
Acclaimed film-maker who supported opposition green movement also banned from foreign travel or speaking to media
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Hundreds trapped after earthquake destroys villages in Iran
Nine aftershocks followed the 6.3 magnitude quake, which hit at least thirty villages in the southeast of the country
International p16
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Facebook in China: Connecting with 1bn people – and the censors
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Is Facebook preparing to hurdle the Great Firewall?
International p17
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Iraq: Al-Maliki submits new cabinet list to parliament
Prime minister clears final hurdle to forming government more than nine months after national elections
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Gay rights row breaks out over amended UN resolution
US 'incensed' after reference to sexual orientation dropped from protected minorities list
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South Korea fires into disputed waters despite North's warnings
Pyongyang fails to react to military drill, suggesting diplomatic calls for restraint have paid off
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Christmas Island asylum seeker death toll believed to be 48
Australian prime minister warns that those missing may never be found as 18 people remain unaccounted for
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Mugabe and Tsvangirai say unity government is working well
Zimbabwean rival leaders said coalition was working well despite differences, urging their supporters to avoid violence
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Kazakh businessman Tevfik Arif denies sex party allegations
Arif describes charges that he bankrolled party on Turkish yacht – once used by Kemal Ataturk – as 'imaginary'
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Ukraine's Yulia Timoshenko denies corruption charge
Former premier and leader of the orange revolution charged with misusing £270m of state funds while in office
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EU bans Ivory Coast president as poll unrest grows
More than 50 people killed since elections according to the UN, who have been told to leave the country
International p20
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Vince Cable could break ranks to expose City's top earners
Business secretary wants to 'shine a light' on banks but Cameron and Osborne say Britain must not act alone
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Fall in bonuses could prompt thousands of job searches in City
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Ireland's 'bad bank' NAMA becomes one of world's biggest property lenders
National Asset Management Agency takes over developers' loans worth €70bn, acquiring some of London's best-known landmarks including Battersea power station
Financial p21
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Ernst & Young threatened with legal action over Lehman collapse
Case by New York attorney general focuses on use of 'repos' to bolster bank's accounts and would be first against major accountancy firm over credit crunch
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Aggreko wins London 2012 Olympics deal worth £37m
The win caps a strong year for the company, led by Rupert Soames, it supplied the power for the FIFA World Cup and saw shares soar by 67%
Financial p22
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Treasury under charged banks by £4bn to insure toxic loans, NAO finds
National Audit Office report finds the asset protection scheme did not go far enough to achieve its goal of bolstering lending to businesses
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JP Morgan sticks with London by buying Lehman HQ
Financial p23
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$2tn debt crisis threatens to bring down 100 US cities
Overdrawn American cities could face financial collapse in 2011, defaulting on hundreds of billions of dollars of borrowings and derailing the US economic recovery. Nor are European cities safe – Florence, Barcelona, Madrid, Venice: all are in trouble
Financial p24
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Overdrawn and over here: European cities also threatened by debt crisis
Istanbul, Florence, Naples, Madrid, Barcelona: cities across Europe are facing funding shortfalls and credit downgrades
Financial p25
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A fetish for the Bible
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The sporting bullies return
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That snow outside is what global warming looks like
Comment & debate p26
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One nation Christmas television
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The sewage tells the story of the millions who'll miss out
Comment & debate p27
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In praise of … The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ
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European Union: All in it together
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Country diary: Staffordshire Moorlands
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Snow disruption: Cold comfort
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Corrections and clarifications
Ismail Haniyeh and Salam Fayyad | Sicko in Cuba | Penny black stamp | Uranium isotope 235
Editorials & reply p28
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Productivity, waste and new ways to empower the patient
Letters: In entrenching the market system with payment by results, foundation trusts etc, Labour left Andrew Lansley an open goal to complete the disintegration of the NHS -
Byelection test for alternative vote
Letters: Under AV, Lib Dem voters would have the opportunity, by using their second preferences, to indicate support or otherwise for the arrangement with the Conservatives -
How to fight back against austerity cuts
Letters: Len McCluskey is right, we have to stop them completing the job that Thatcherism started – the shattering of the welfare state -
The big freeze
Letters: When a complicated system fails, it's usually best to turn it off and turn it on again
Editorials & reply p29
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Anthony Howard obituary
Former editor of the New Statesman and deputy editor of the Observer, he was one of Britain's foremost political commentators
Obituaries p30
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Brian Hanrahan obituary
BBC reporter known for his coverage of the Falklands war and Tiananmen Square
