Thousands of British citizens have signed an online petition requesting an apology from the government over the treatment of mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing. The campaign has attracted some high-profile supporters, including novelist Ian McEwan and scientist Richard Dawkins.

The MPs expenses debacle in the United Kingdom has enraged the public over the months that it has been dragging on. With each subsequent revelation comes the usual feeble excuses that ordinary people would not get away with providing to explain their behaviour. While the honesty and integrity of our elected representatives has never been of such a high quality – mainly because of the lack of regulatory power and with parliament being supreme.

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

Police and security services could monitor every phone call, email or website visit by members of the public and then store them in a huge database.