UK news archive from 2011-04-13

News archive from Wednesday, 13 April 2011

Google doodle pays tribute to Gagarin mission

Google paid tribute to Russia's Yuri Gagarin on Tuesday, replacing the logo on its homepage with an image of the first man in space and a rocket that a visitor can launch with a cursor. Google replaced the first 'O' in the company's name with a...

The Independent, 22:01 in Lifestyle

Manchester United 2-1 Chelsea | Champions League match report

Javier Hernández celebrates scoring Manchester United's first goal against Chelsea in last night's Champions League tie. Photograph: John Peters/Man Utd via Getty Manchester United moved into the semi-finals of the Champions League, where they will...

Guardian, 22:06 in Sport

Shakhtar Donetsk 0-1 Barcelona (Barcelona win 6-1 on agg) | Champions League

Barcelona celebrate Lionel Messi's goal against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League quarter-final. Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Lionel Messi's first-half goal ensure that this tie, which looked over after the first leg, when...

Guardian, 22:06 in Sport

Clashes erupt in Darfur as peace talks stall

Darfur has been racked by violence since 2003 when mostly non-Arab rebels took up arms against Khartoum, which responded with a brutal counter-insurgency campaign. Violence has fallen from its peak in 2003 and 2004 but a surge in attacks since...

Reuters, 22:08 in World News

Don't raise the bridge: Voina, Russia art terrorists

Voina protesters struggle with police at a 2009 court hearing Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters It's midnight in a burger bar in St Petersburg. Three youngish, dishevelled men sit at a table; a two-year-old boy called Kasper runs excitedly towards a...

Guardian, 22:08 in Art & Culture

United end Abramovich's Euro dream for another season

Carlo Ancelotti's mighty gamble on £50million man Fernando Torres backfired as Chelsea crashed out of the Champions League at Manchester United to place a massive question mark over his future as Blues boss. As Sir Alex Ferguson has noted, Roman...

The Independent, 22:10 in Sport

Why Sarkozy is no 'Africain' | Pierre Haski

Officially, French troops in Ivory Coast are described by their government as "impartial forces". This is somewhat disingenuous. French combat helicopters played a decisive role in the runup to the arrest on Monday of the outgoing Ivorian...

Guardian, 22:12 in World News

Brighton & Hove Albion 4-3 Dagenham & Redbridge | League One report

Brighton's Iñigo Calderón celebrates his team's opening goal in their League One win against Dagenham & Redbridge. Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images Brighton became the first team in the Football League to gain promotion this season as Gus...

Guardian, 22:21 in Sport

Barca see off Shakhtar to claim semi-final spot

Barcelona set up a probable Champions League semi-final clash with Spanish rivals Real Madrid after Lionel Messi netted in a 1-0 win at Shakhtar Donetsk to complete a 6-1 aggregate success tonight. The World Player of the Year's 43rd-minute strike,...

The Independent, 22:22 in Sport

Manchester United 2-1 Chelsea: Five things we learned | Daniel Taylor

Manchester United's Nemanja Vidic, right, tangles with Chelsea's Didier Drogba, after forcing the substitution of Fernando Torres at half-time. Photograph: Jon Super/AP 1 Vidic does not have an inferiority complex against TorresPerhaps it is time to...

Guardian, 22:23 in Sport

United keep treble dream alive

Manchester United kept their treble dream alive and all but killed off Chelsea's final hope of silverware this season after wrapping up victory in their Champions League quarter-final. United won the second leg 2-1 and the tie 3-1 on aggregate to...

London Evening Standard, 22:28 in Sport

Barnsley 0-1 Queens Park Rangers | Championship match report

QPR's Adel Taarabt celebrates after scoring his side's goal during their Championship match against Barnsley. Photograph: Anna Gowthorpe/PA Whether Adel Taarabt can possibly prove as influential in the Premier League as he has been for Queens Park...

Guardian, 22:42 in Sport

Barca complete Donetsk victory

Barcelona secured their place in the semi-finals of the Champions League and a probable showdown with arch rivals Real Madrid after completing home and away victories over Shakhtar Donetsk with a 1-0 triumph in the Ukraine. Leading 5-1 from last...

London Evening Standard, 22:44 in Sport

Sheffield university to charge full £9,000 fee

Sheffield University said the decision was made ‘in the context of an uncertain higher education environment’. Vice-chancellor Prof Keith Burnett said: ‘We now face a real challenge not of our choosing but one which we owe it to future students to...

Metro, 22:46 in Hot News

Royal wedding street party needs £5m of insurance

Hayley Mills said she was also put off by the amount of council red tape she faced, including safety rules banning bunting higher than 5m (16ft 6in). She said: ‘You have to nominate a person to take responsibility for virtually everything - health and...