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"The question of priest celibacy and the question of personality development. It requires a great deal of honesty, both on the part of the church and of society as a whole," said Cardinal Christoph Schonborn. Picture: Getty Images

Cardinal blames celibacy rule for abuse scandals

A senior cardinal has called for priestly celibacy to be re-examined in the light of sex scandals sweeping the Roman Catholic Church.

350 women in G8 'sex for favours' affair

A prostitution ring linked to alleged corruption in the awarding of contracts for the G8 summit in Italy involved as many as 350 women, investigating magistrates said yesterday.

English village in Street View fight against Google

By Emma Barnett and Claudine Beaumont

In one corner was a group of villagers keen to guard their privacy from the prying eyes of the outside world. In the other was Google, the internet giant that has set out to photograph every street in Britain and put the images online.

Man 'tormented to death'

By John Fahey in Manchester

A 64-year-old man with learning difficulties was "tormented to death" after being bullied by yobs for more than a decade, neighbours claimed yesterday.

MPs appear in court over British expenses scandal

By Chris Greenwood in London

Three Labour MPs and a Conservative peer told a British judge yesterday they would use a 320-year-old law to argue they should not be prosecuted over the expenses scandal.

Toyota chief told of safety fears four years ago

By Leo Lewis in London

TOYOTA was forced yesterday to hand over to US congressional investigators a "smoking gun" memo produced by its own factory workers that warned management as far back as 2006 of systemic threats to car safety.

Sushi chef in hot water for serving whale

A sushi chef in California and the restaurant in which he worked have been charged with illegally serving endangered Sei whale meat, the US Justice Department said yesterday.

Berlusconi can be 'too busy' for own trial, says new law

By Nick Squires in Rome

Silvio Berlusconi is to evade prosecution over corruption charges after Italy's parliament passed a law allowing the prime minister to claim that he was too busy to attend a trial.

America on course for white minority by 2050

By Alex Spillius in Washington

THE United States could reach a "tipping point" this year when the number of babies born to minorities would outnumber those born to whites for the first time.