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Russia this week made public the details of its draft European security treaty and distributed copies of the text to the heads of major international organisations.

Carwyn Jones, who has won the three-way fight to succeed First Minister Rhodri Morgan as leader of the Labour Group in the Welsh Assembly, has promised to begin the party’s electoral fight back right away. He said: “To win back Wales, Welsh Labour has to listen and it has to learn.”

As Cumbria recovers from flooding that left one policeman dead this month, the lead Fire Brigades Union representative for the area has warned Tribune he fears firefighters could perish if the service’s legal position and funding do not change before the next major flood.

The inquiry into the Iraq war, which began under former mandarin Sir John Chilcot, is already under fire for being a “whitewash” and under the thumb of Whitehall.

The first employment tribunal arising out of the construction industry blacklisting scandal is due to be heard in January, with potentially dozens more set to take place throughout next year.

A university appearance by an Islamic extremist who has endorsed the murder of gays has been cancelled following complaints from human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell.

Cross-border anti-terrorist co-operation between the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Garda Síochána is at the centre of a new security strategy aimed at cracking down on dissident republican death squads.

Peace talks were held last week between the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia in the hope of preventing an outbreak of hostilities in one of Europe’s frozen conflicts – that of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Workers in the financial services industry, who this year have suffered unprecedented job losses in the eye of an economic storm fuelled by the global recession, have vowed to fight back against attacks on terms and conditions in the sector.

Schools must admit pupils from a wide range of abilities in order to overcome “the segregation of socio-economic groups in education”, according to a report by a leading educational charity this week.