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The financially troubled `Daily Telegraph' after weeks of negotiations, published a brief front-page story confirming that control of the paper and its sister publication `The Sunday Telegraph' had passed into the hands of Toronto millionaire Conrad Black, 41.

The author reflects on the involvement of British Prime Minister David Cameron in the Panama Papers. She discusses other world leaders involved in the controversy, the connection of David's father Ian Cameron in the issue, the response of David to the questions about his involvement, and the disclose of Cameron's personal tax returns to the press.

The article looks at a 2013 outbreak of measles in Great Britain that health officials say is the result of a generation of children who were not vaccinated against the disease as infants in the 1990s. A paper published in 1998 by medical researcher Andrew Wakefield that linked the MMR (measles-mumps-rubellla) vaccine to autism, later found to be fraudulent, is noted as a main cause for parents choosing not to vaccinate their children.

The article focuses on former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the release of his personal papers on the Internet in October of 2012. Topics include the number of visitors that go to the Churchill War Rooms in London, England, each year, Churchill's relevance in 2012, and the number of biopics and books about Churchill released annually.

The article reports that David Waterman, a British firefighter, has been ordered to remove a pirate flag decorating his house. It is explained that the display of the banner runs counter to a local council regulation which is being enforced as a result of complaints from a neighbor. Waterman refuses to remove the flag and has paid a significant amount to file papers to receive official permission for the display.

This article reports on the court case of Conrad Black, former CEO of publishing company, Hollinger International, Inc. In the wake of his ouster last November as CEO, Black secretly agreed to sell International's parent company, Hollinger Inc. The deal, for $605.5 million to the U.K.'s twin Barclay brothers, would have thwarted the board's strategy to look for buyers of International's papers. So the board asked the court to block Black's deal. Other legal battles include a case that aims to force Black, Hollinger Inc. and other executives to repay US$200 million to Hollinger International. Also, Black is suing International board members, claiming he's been made a "social leper."

Reports on two infants, identified in court papers as Mary and Jodie, who are congenitally joined, and the efforts of the British court to determine if they should be separated. How Jodie supplies Mary with oxygenated blood; Resistance of the parents to the operation; Complexity of the case; Comments by the judges and the lawyer assigned to represent Jodie.

Tabling a three-volume Green Paper for public discussion, Social Services Secretary Norman Fowler proposed sweeping changes in the nation's $52-billion social security system. The proposals provoked an immediate protest from groups representing pensioners, the unemployed and homeless families.

Offers a look at British campaigning for the upcoming general election, and at a political culture where politicians and commentators sometimes seem embarrassed by creeping Americanization in their campaigns. The $300,000 extravaganza staged by the Labour Party for its leader Neil Kinnock in Sheffield; Campaign techniques learned from US political professionals; Use of American campaign experts; Negative advertising; Almost hysterical coverage of Conservative papers.