BOSTON — In 2006, under Gov. Mitt Romney, Massachusetts became the first state to extend insurance coverage to all its residents. Now it’s looking to slow the growth of its health-care costs in equally groundbreaking ways. Read full article > >

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Massachusetts payment-reform bill would overhaul how health-care providers are paid

The RAF completes a £2.8m safety upgrade to all its basic training aircraft after a mid-air crash killed two pilots and two teenage cadets in south Wales.

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RAF safety upgrade after tragedy

For all its quirks, the trial of 13 police officers on charges of murder, attempted murder or other crimes stemming from a prison massacre last year is remarkable given Haiti’s history.

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Trial of Officers in Haitian Prison Massacre Is Test of System

The National Trust is launching a national survey of all its tree avenues, to find out more about where they are and their condition.

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Trust focusing on tree avenues

The Ministry of Justice does not “fully understand” the costs of all its prisons, a committee of MPs says.

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Ministry doesn’t know jail costs

People empty a Buckinghamshire library of all its books in protest against plans to close it down.

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Library emptied in cuts protest

Burma plans to privatise almost all its state-owned firms, a report claims, in what analysts say could be a political balancing act.

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Burma ‘to privatise 90% of firms’

World leaders have welcomed the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, but are insisting the Burmese regime release all its political prisoners.

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Global reaction to Suu Kyi release

Surrey County Council is in the early stages of exploring whether all its secondary schools could become academies.

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Academy plan bid ‘across Surrey’

In a move likely to be copied elsewhere, Suffolk’s county council agrees a plan that will see it outsource almost all its services.

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Council to ‘outsource everything’