Andrew Marr and experts ask if the graffiti artist Banksy’s latest offering ahead of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee means he is as radical as ever.

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VIDEO: Banksy ‘marks Queen’s Jubilee’

Prizes, not patents. That could be the slogan for a radical idea that leading economists say would lower the price of new drugs for treating HIV/AIDS. Treating AIDS costs tens of thousands of dollars per patient annually in the United States, and more and more patients are unable to afford the life-saving drugs, according to figures from the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. The waiting list for the program, which is jointly funded by federal and state governments and provides medicines to low-income patients, now stands at 2,759, up from 361 in 2010.  Read full article > >

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‘Radical’ bill seeks to reduce cost of AIDS drugs by awarding prizes instead of patents

The UK’s health system needs “radical change” to cope with the rising number of people with chronic conditions, especially in deprived areas, says a report by medical experts.

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Chronic disease: NHS ‘can’t cope’

Plans for more flexible parental leave, speedier adoptions and a radical shake-up of support for children with special educational needs are announced in the Queen’s Speech.

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Families feature in Queen’s Speech

Some hospital services in Wales are in danger of “collapse” unless radical changes are made, a report for the NHS Confederation warns.

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‘Collapse’ threat to hospitals

The leader of Greece’s radical left Syriza bloc, which rejects the EU/IMF bailout, is to meet the main pro-bailout parties on Wednesday.

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Greeks in anti-bailout deal talks

Two European elections, in France and Greece, have thrust the radical fringe into the spotlight.

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Far right on the rise in Europe

The leader of a group of US nuns the Vatican accuses of flouting Church teaching and espousing radical feminist views flatly rejects the charges.

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US nuns dismiss Vatican criticism

Downing Street says the government will resist “vigorously” any application for bail by radical cleric Abu Qatada.

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Government ‘to block Qatada bail’

The home secretary defends her handling of attempts to deport radical cleric Abu Qatada, but tells MPs he is likely to remain in the UK “for many months”.

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May defends delay over Abu Qatada

The Vatican orders a crackdown on Roman Catholic nuns in the US after concerns are raised about “certain radical feminist themes”.

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Crackdown on ‘radical’ nuns in US

Radical cleric Abu Qatada cannot be deported yet from Britain, the European Court of Human Rights says, after an appeal was lodged.

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Abu Qatada deportation appealed

Is David Cameron ready for a radical switch of slogan?

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Cameron and ‘global moderates’

Newt calls Obama a “genuine radical.”

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Gingrich, Romney at Peace

Crackdown on radical Islamists.

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France Arrests 10 Suspected Militants