Michael Martin, the Glaswegian Speaker of the House of Commons, presided over a shambolic session yesterday in which his poorly-delivered apology relating to the MPs' Expenses Scandal was followed by unprecedented calls for his resignation.

The Telegraph's exposé of greed and corruption in the expenses claims of MPs remains top news and public anger mounts.

The reputation of Britain's Parliament plunges ever lower as more details emerge of MPs' expenses claims, many breath-taking in their extravagance and in some cases frankly false.

For months now British citizens have been astonished and appalled at the unfolding evidence that most MPs, including members of the Government, have been making excessive and scarcely credible claims for expenses, in the belief that the details would never be subjected to public scrutiny.

The Archbishop of York has spoken of his concern that the University's investment in BAE Systems and Petrochina could prevent academic research "from being open to the truth".

It has been alleged that the arms company BAE Systems has paid Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia more than £1 billion, in connection to Britain's biggest ever weapons contract, "Al-Yamamah", worth £43bn.

Prostitutes, perversions and public scandals - the stuff of the 21st century tabloids was familiar to readers three centuries earlier, according to new research from the University of Leeds.