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International Capsules: London's unemployed strive to get Olympic jobs

LONDON (AP) — The pay isn't great, the job is temporary and you could be a target for terrorists. But when Mabel Cross heard that she might be able to work at the 2012 Summer Olympics, she rushed to get to a London recruitment center early.

Tube bosses' safety policy 'is to cross their fingers'

Tube staff today claimed their bosses had a 'fingers-crossed attitude' to safety and warned that overcrowding on platforms could spark a tragedy.

All change at Paddington for new Crossrail station

Commuters face two years of disruption when work gets under way on a new Crossrail station at Paddington.

Villas-Boas can only plan long term at Chelsea if Roman sees sense at last

If Andre Villas-Boas truly wishes to inspire and increase career opportunities for young footballers in this country, he knows where to start. Across the pitch from his dug-out at Stamford Bridge, in the executive area where Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich resides on match days.

Cho's Tattoos and Harleys

If you think of Los Angeles, synonymous with glitz and glamour, you instantly imagine palm trees, celebrities and warm sunny weather. But for comedian Margaret Cho LA means something different: a melting pot of cultures, underground art and tattoo parlors.

New Era of Stability in Some African Countries: Christopher Welch

Mining analysts at Ocean Equities spend more time at mining sites than at the natural resource brokerage's London headquarters. In fact, Christopher Welch, a mining analyst with Ocean, has been crisscrossing the Atlantic for most of the last year, he tells The Gold Report in this exclusive interview.

Politics live blog: Monday 6 February 2012

• Lunchtime summary • Network Rail bosses forgo their bonuses • Afternoon summary 8.45am: David Miliband doesn't want to return to the shadow cabinet. He chaired a Commission on Youth Unemployment for ACEVO (the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations) and, in an interview about it with BBC Breakfast earlier, he said that suggestions that he might return to the Labour front ...

Christopher Welch: New Stability in African Countries

Recent trips to Africa have bolstered the Ocean Equities mining analyst's conviction that mining plays in Africa are being overlooked, but it's not too late for investors to get in on the ground floor.

Oil price up as Iran threatens to block shipments

NEW YORK — Oil prices climbed near $100 per barrel Monday as Iran again threatened to block shipments of crude from the Persian Gulf. Benchmark crude rose by $1.25 to settle at $99.58 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

People still "devastated" by loss of cement works

A decade after a remote dale was dealt a bitter jobs blow, its isolated communities still wait for a rescue operation to take shape. Catherine Priestley reports.