The new commission will be free to examine compulsory funding of long-term care. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian The government was accused today of performing a U-turn on one of the most explosive issues of the general election when the health secretary, Andrew Lansley, left open... 

The England Under-19 manager Noel Blake watched his side clinch a last minute draw against France. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty Images England will face Spain in the semi-finals of the European Under-19 Championships after a last-gasp equaliser from Matt Phillips earned them a 1-1 draw against... 

capetownsailing.co.za The 33-foot southern right whale soared out of the water off Cape Town, South Africa, and landed on a sailboat, snapping the mast. If you play with fire, you get burned. Or crushed, it appears. Photographs show a 33-foot southern right whale soaring out of the water off Cape Town,... 

Michel Sidibé, executive director of Unaids (pictured with his wife), said of the trial results ‘we are giving hope to women’. Photograph: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images Scientists held out the hope of a breakthrough in the prevention of HIV/Aids today with the results of a study... 

US company Kraft controversially took over Cadbury this spring despite protests. Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian Vince Cable, the business secretary, is preparing to recommend an overhaul of the City takeover regime as two more British firms looked set to fall to foreign predators...