Michael Meacher

Omar Sheikh, a British-born Islamist militant, is waiting to be hanged in Pakistan for a murder he almost certainly did not commit. But, significantly, Sheikh is also the man who wired $100 000 before the September 11 2001 attacks to Mohammed Atta, the lead hijacker. In light of new evidence of foreign intelligence backing for the 9/11 hijackers, why is the United States government so keen to cover it up?

Why did Bayer do it? The company’s decision to pull its genetically modified (GM) Chardon LL maize so soon after the British government authorised its cultivation is a huge setback for the industry and a major embarrassment for Tony Blair’s championship of GM.