Andrew Lansley, the new health secretary, says Labour wasted millions on private providers. Photograph: Graeme Robertson The decision by Labour to bring private providers into the NHS wasted hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money, according to Andrew Lansley, the Conservative... 

Steve Jobs announces the iPad on January 27, 2010 in San Francisco. Photograph: Ryan Anson/AFP/Getty Images Record sales of Mac computers and strong demand for the iPad has helped Apple post its highest ever quarterly earnings. Steve Jobs declared last night that Apple had enjoyed a “phenomenal... 

Dirk Kuyt believes his Holland side can go one better than the great Dutch sides of 1974 and 1978. Photograph: Helmut Fohringer/EPA Dirk Kuyt has accused Germany of playing with fear in their semi-final defeat by Spain and insists the Dutch will not make the same mistake when the sides collide... 

U.S. Coast Guard / Petty Officer 3rd Class David Weydert A Coast Guard C-130 Hercules airplane is prepped for a search and rescue patrol at Air Station Elizabeth City, Aug. 31, 2010. The crew of the C-130 broadcasted a warning message to boating and shipping traffic from the northern tip of New Jersey to the...