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Charlotte O'Sullivan

quote The film is full of cracking one-liners. Plus lots of silly dialogue that, for some reason, makes one glad to be alive quote

Step Brothers Restaurants

Fay Maschler

quote I rather wish that Angela Hartnett could find a sugar daddy who would back her in her own enterprise quote

Murano Theatre

Fiona Mountford

quote Not the love story to end all others, but pleasingly easy on the eye quote

Romeo And Juliet

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Cinquecento Film

Bob, Cheam

quote The final scene was too short and too obvious but other than that I highly recommend it. quote

Hellboy II: The Golden Army Theatre

Michael

quote What a delightful frothy night at the theatre watching such a witty and wonderfully non pc musical quote

Gigi

The super vaccine that protects you from all types of flu for LIFE

A super-vaccine that could give permanent protection against all forms of flu is being developed by British doctors. The once-in-a-lifetime vaccine could do away with the need for an annual jab, according to researchers at Oxford University... more | Add your view

Three killed in crashes as torrential rain and gale-force winds lash Britain

Water garden: Gareth Lawson pictured in his back garden near Mountain Ash, South Wales

Torrential rain and fierce winds left a trail of devastation and death yesterday. Flash floods swept the country - and there is more grim weather to come in what looks like being a miserable weekend... more | Add your view

Only Tony Blair's return as Labour leader would slash Tory lead, says new survey

The Conservative lead would be slashed if Tony Blair returned as Labour leader, a poll claimed last night. .. more | Add your view

Lite poll: air rifles

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Olympics legacy battle

�525m stadium could be demolished after 2012

Ghaffur's new legal fight

Race row police chief Tarique Ghaffur could face an acrimonious divorce battle

Where's the pool?

City academies costing are being built across London without crucial sports facilities

Royal Institution preview

First look inside Terry Farrell's refurbished Royal Institution after �22m revamp

Five-figure payout for BBC reporter taken off the TV news 'because he was blind'

Sidelined: O'Donoghue, with partner Sarah and daughter Lucy

A veteran BBC political correspondent, who is blind, has received a five-figure payout from the corporation after claiming he was stopped from presenting his own story on the Ten O'Clock News. .. more | Add your view

Why pay-as-you-throw bin taxes will encourage cancer-causing bonfires

Pay-as-you-throw bin taxes will endanger public health as families dodge the charges by burning rubbish in their gardens, a secret government report has warned... more | Add your view

Murderer deported to Britain after 48 years in Australia is left free to carry out vicious sex attack on pensioner

A murderer and serial rapist was deported back to Britain after his release from jail, even though he had spent almost all his life in Australia... more | Add your view

Mother of Shannon Matthews denies new charges of kidnap and false imprisonment

Accused: Karen Matthews now also faces charges of kidnap and false imprisonment of her own daughter

The mother of schoolgirl Shannon Matthews, who went missing for more than three weeks, was charged with kidnapping and imprisoning her on Friday. .. more | Add your view

Manchester City goalkeeper jailed for sex video blackmail of Premier League star

A goalkeeper who blackmailed a top Premier League footballer over a sex video was jailed for 20 months today. Ex-Manchester City trainee Ashley Timms, 22, demanded �15,000 from the star, who cannot be named for legal reasons. .. more | Add your view

The map that reveals how long you will have to wait until your house price recovers

House prices could take until 2016 to rebound to the levels they reached at their peak last year, researchers say. The findings will depress Britons who bought houses recently and face living in negative equity... more | Add your view

How my car got the full Audi service ... with 27 joyrides included

The fast show: Mr Reece's Audi R54 broke the speed limit during 27 journeys

When Mark Reece took his car for a routine service, he expected it to receive professional care and attention. But when the businessman came to collect his beloved Audi RS4, it was not exactly in the condition in which he left it... more | Add your view

Basic pilot error could have caused Madrid plane crash which killed 154 people

Disaster: The charred tail of the crashed Spanair plane which may have been caused by a 'basic' pilot error

A basic pilot error may have caused the plane crash at Madrid airport which killed 154 people. The crew of the MD-82 aircraft failed to extend the wing flaps which are vital for take-off and then an automatic system designed to alert them failed... more | Add your view

How police let down the father killed by thugs

Police were lambasted on Friday for failing to respond to a call for help made by a father-of-seven shortly before he was murdered. .. more | Add your view

Killed by the credit crunch: Father hanged himself after being 'harassed' for failing to keep up with his mortgage

A father found hanged after falling behind on his mortgage is likely to be the first of many to take their lives as a result of the credit crunch, a coroner has warned. .. more | Add your view

Harrow School head boy forced to leave after taking cocaine on Easter holiday

Replaced: The head boy of Harrow School, above, has left after admitting taking cocaine over the summer holidays

A pupil chosen to be head boy of Harrow has been forced to leave the school after he was caught taking cocaine. Police were alerted after the 17-year-old admitted using the class A drug over the school holidays. .. more | Add your view

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Food prices rise by 50% as trade union warns soaring household bills mean millions are already in personal 'recession'

Millions of families are already 'in a recession' because their budgets cannot cope with soaring food and energy bills, unions will warn next week... more | Add your view

I'm no killer, says British businessman accused of battering ex-lover and dumping her in Dubai desert

Mark Arnold is being held in Dubai over the disappearance of his former lover Kerry Winter who he is alleged to have battered and dumped in the desert

The British businessman being held in Dubai over the disappearance of a former lover has insisted he did not kill her. The father of one, who is originally from Stoke-on-Trent said: 'I'm not a killer'... more | Add your view

Father arrested after shooting his three-year-old son in the head with an airgun

A man was arrested after shooting his three-year-old son in the head with an airgun. The boy was taken to hospital for treatment to an injury caused by the airgun pellet. .. more | Add your view

Britain's highest paid GP barred from practising over claims of NHS fraud

One of the highest-paid GPs has been banned from practising amid suspicions he has been fraudulently claiming money for patient treatments... more | Add your view

Worst week for the FTSE in six years as UK companies see £100billion wiped off the stock market

Nearly �100billion was wiped off the value of top companies last week - the worst for the stock market since the dotcom bubble burst six years ago. The FTSE100 slumped by �94.4billion after dire warnings of a recession... more | Add your view

Barbarians v Australia

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Private schools ditch scholarships to make room for poorer pupils

Helping hand: Schools which reach out to the community are more likely to qualify for chariatable statusHelping hand: Schools which reach out to the community are more likely to qualify for chariatable status

Private schools are slashing scholarships for gifted pupils and are considering enlarging class sizes to pay for charitable bursaries for hard-up children, a report showed... more | Add your view

'Change is coming': McCain hijacks Obama's lines as he accepts Republican nomination

John McCain walks on stage for his acceptance speech

John McCain hijacked the mantle of change from Democrat rival Barack Obama early today as he formally launched his bid to become America’s next Republican president... more | Add your view

Obama shrugs off pitbull Palin's attack with sermon on the mount

Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a rally at Buchanan Park September 4, 2008 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Barack Obama was able to shrug off attacks by John McCain and Sarah Palin as his campaign coffers swelled by nearly �5million... more | Add your view

Hanna leaves Haiti mourning 137 dead as she threatens North Carolina with hurricane-force winds

Destruction: People wade through a debris-strewn street in Gonaives, Haiti

Tropical Storm Hanna is threatening to turn into a hurricane as it homes in on the North Carolina coast tonight... more | Add your view

America's vice-president condemns Russia for 'redrawing Georgia's borders by force'

Dick Cheney (R) meets with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili (L) in Tbilisi today, where he was battling to keep American access to a �2bn oil pipeline open

American Vice-President Dick Cheney has condemned Russia for what he called an 'illegitimate, unilateral attempt' to redraw Georgia's borders by force... more | Add your view

British researcher rescued in Russia thanks to 3,700-mile SOS

A British student was airlifted to safety out of far-eastern Russia after her rescue beacon was received by a Scottish RAF base 3,700 miles away... more | Add your view

British pilot among seven killed in Dubai helicopter crash

The helicopter was on its way to oilfields in the Persian Gulf, seen here in a satellite photo

A British helicopter pilot has been killed in an accident on an oil rig off the coast of Dubai. The helicopter's co-pilot and six passengers were also killed... more | Add your view

Bhutto's widower Zardari expected to become new Pakistani president today

Benazir Bhutto's widower is expected to be elected as Pakistan's president today. Asif Ali Zardari succeeds the former leader, General Pervez Musharraf, who resigned last month. .. more | Add your view

Sarah Palin faces police probe over claims she tried to have ex- brother-in-law fired from force

Republican vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin was embroiled in yet another scandal today as it emerged she might be subjected to a police investigation. .. more | Add your view

Sarkozy's former 'girlfriend' justice minister Rachida Dati prompts sperm donor rumours by refusing to name father

Pregnant French justice minister Rachida Dati's refusal to name the father of her unborn child has triggered a barrage of specualtion that she used a sperm donor. .. more | Add your view

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France stunned at photos of Taliban fighters with 'trophies' taken from 10 French soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Coffins of the French soldiers killed in Afghanistan are carried during a funeral ceremony in Paris. Photos of Taliban fighters brandishing trophies taken from the soldiers were published today

France is reeling today after a French magazine published photos of Taliban fighters with trophies taken from French soldiers killed last month in Afghanistan... more | Add your view

They're behind you! The moment a woman walked straight into a school of leopard sharks

Then, the horrified woman nearly walks in to one - and takes off in a desperate sprint to safety

Enjoying a gentle wade through the tepid green waters of California, this woman had no idea that she was slowly being encircled by a group of sharks... more | Add your view

Briton who cycled around the world for 40 years killed in hit-and-run in Greece

Ian Hibbell, pictured here riding across the Sahara Desert, has been killed in a hit-and-run in Greece

A British man who cycled the equivalent of ten times around the equator has been killed in a hit and run road crash in Greece. .. more | Add your view

How one Chinese university helps parents beat 'empty nest' syndrome: Let them sleep in the gym

University is supposed to be a time of growth and self-discovery, when you leave your parents for the first time to go out in the world... more | Add your view

Coroner slams Government for refusing to fund probe into deaths after one of worst water poisoning cases in British history

Poisoned: Lowermoor Water Treatment works where a lorry driver tipped 20,000 tonnes of aluminium into the wrong container in 1988

A coroner attacked the Government for refusing to fund research that could show whether Britain's worst water poisoning disaster killed anyone. .. more | Add your view

No Cabinet backers for Clarke's dramatic 'PM must go' challenge

Ministers put on a show of support for Gordon Brown yesterday after Charles Clarke's dramatic call for change at the top appeared to fall on deaf ears... more | Add your view

I'll help families through world economic storm, pledges optimistic Brown

Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the BT Convention Centre where he gave a speech during the North West Regional Development Agency Conference

Gordon Brown held out the hope of economic recovery last night as he voiced 'cautious optimism' about Britain's prospects. His prediction was designed to dispel the damage done by Alistair Darling's warnings of hard times ahead... more | Add your view

Watchdog rejects No 10's plea to keep 'sexed up' WMD dossier secret

Ministers were under mounting pressure last night to publish secret details about the ' sexed-up' dossier on Iraq that helped take Britain to war... more | Add your view

MPs warn Brown he faces losing support after £100 fuel voucher plan backfires

Gordon Brown faced a Labour backlash yesterday after ruling out the possibility of a windfall tax on energy companies. Former Treasury minister Geoffrey Robinson fuelled party unrest by backing calls to make suppliers share their profits... more | Add your view

British hotels are of 'worrying quality', transport is dreadful and I holiday in Italy, says OUR tourism minister

Margaret Hodge has bemoaned British hotels, the country's overcrowded trains and said attractions such as Stonehenge need improving. .. more | Add your view

On-the-run British paedophile found in Spain babysitting unsuspecting friends' children

An on-the-run British paedophile has been arrested by police in Spain. George Menzies Campbell, 62, was detained by detectives acting on a European Arrest Warrant... more | Add your view

Sterling takes a pounding against the dollar as markets wobble

Downbeat news on the economy and jittery world markets send the pound plunging further today to a 21/2 year low against the dollar of $1.7538... more | Add your view

Does the glass ceiling still exist? New equality figures reveal women are again losing out to men in the workplace

The so-called glass ceiling has become a 'reinforced concrete' one, with the number of women employed in senior positions falling over the past year, according to a study... more | Add your view

She's suing the NHS over delays that forced her to conceive a baby with a donor egg... So is Greta Mason honest or just plain selfish?

GRETA MASON AND HER 1 WEEK OLD SON JADEN (ALSO PICTURES WITH HUSBAND CHRIS) AT HOME IN WORTHING, WEST SUSSEX. PICTURE MURRAY SANDERS.

She said she didn't know if she could ever really love the baby she'd conceived with a donor egg - now she's caused a storm by suing the NHS... more | Add your view