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It’s a Royal flush at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards

The Royal Court turned cutting-edge drama into establishment success as it swept the board at the 55th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards Comments

Map points to giant ocean on Mars

This is the picture scientists say shows Mars once had an ocean covering a third of its surface Comments

Showbiz: Katie Price quits I'm A Celebrity over bug diet

Katie Price has fled the I'm A Celebrity jungle after she was voted by the public to face yet another bushtucker trial Comments

Travel revolution: Oyster rail will cut fares by 30%

Some fares could fall by more than a third when Oyster is extended to every national rail station in London, it has emerged Comments

Pc killed lover and faked crash just days before their wedding

Policeman jailed for life for murdering his fiancée - also a constable - by smashing her head with a hammer then staging a fake car crash to cover it up days before their Caribbean wedding Comments

Brown and Cameron join beauty pageant to woo business leaders

Britain's three main party leaders today staged a beauty pageant to woo business support ahead of the General Election Comments

City boss 'sent jobseeker vile sexually explicit email in Latin'

A hedge fund boss being sued for £4 million by a female employee sent a sexually explicit email in Latin to a young woman looking for work, a tribunal heard

Boris deputy peddles story of his credit fraud shame

NEW: Boris Johnson's disgraced former deputy mayor is trying to sell the story of his downfall to the highest bidder Comments

Sport Sport feed

Football: Five-star Jermain Defoe sets himself two more goals

Jermain Defoe has set himself a double target after earning his place in history by scoring five goals in Tottenham’s amazing 9-1 win over Wigan Comments

Football: Cesc Fabregas rejects latest link with Barcelona

Cesc Fabregas has dismissed new speculation linking him with a move back to Spain Comments

Case grows against the Martin Johnson defence

The autumn internationals have done little to dispel fears that the England team manager is out of his depth at the top tier of international rugby Comments

Business Business feed

Chewing over their position: Nestlé boss Paul Bulcke and his board fear that a combined Kraft/Cadbury could threaten their market share

Likely bid war for Cadbury sends shares to record high

Cadbury shares raced to another record high this morning as investors bet that a fierce bidding war for control of the 185-year old company is about to breakout Comments

Only half of banks' losses have been revealed, CBI summit told

Global banks have so far only revealed half their losses from the financial crisis, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund, told the annual CBI conference in London Comments

Hester: The worst is over. Business leaders: Oh no it isn’t!

Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Stephen Hester told CBI delegates that the worst was over for the British economy, but the majority of the audience begged to differ Comments

Entertainment Entertainment feed

Music: Acoustic Florence gives a lung-bursting show

When the dust has settled, 2009 has still been the year of Florence Welch and her trusty Machine and Lungs its finest, if most unsettling, album Comments

Theatre: Lenny Henry: 'Maybe one day we can have a black Doctor Who'

As he wins the outstanding newcomer prize at the Evening Standard theatre awards for his role as Othello, Lenny Henry has come a long way from black and white minstrels Comments

Music: Africa remembers Miriam Makeba at Mama Africa

Mama Africa was a celebration of South Africa’s Miriam Makeba, one year after her death. The stellar line-up of African artists made sure it was a sell-out Comments

Showbiz: X Factor cleared over Dannii Minogue's 'homophobic jibe' about Danyl Johnson

An episode of The X Factor which received complaints that Dannii Minogue had made a "homophobic" jibe about contestant Danyl Johnson has been cleared by the broadcasting watchdog Comments

Music: The Tsarina's Slippers is well-shod but shoddy

This feeble, unimaginative production at the Royal Opera House is a disappointing pitch for the festive market that’s unlikely to win converts to opera. Comments

Showbiz: Elen Rives shows she has moved on from Frank Lampard with stunning lingerie shoot

Frank Lampard's ex Elen Rives shows she has moved on from the Chelsea star with a series of stunning pictures as she models a new lingerie range Comments

Music: U2 to headline Glastonbury's 40th birthday party

Irish rock giants U2 have been confirmed as the headline act for Glastonbury's 40th anniversary Comments

Showbiz: You haven't seen the last of us, say X Factor rejects John and Edward

Tuneless twins John and Edward Grimes said they are "up for any challenge" now their X Factor dream has ended Comments

Life & Style

Christian Koch and Bec Whitby with celebrity chef Gary Rhodes

Meet my Friday night friend

Blown out by your mates at the 11th hour? New to London and chumless? Try social website Fridaynightsucks, an innovative way to make new, platonic friends, says Christian Koch Comments

Check out some pre-Christmas turkeys

You can now see your favourite 'so bad it's good' film at a dedicated club, says Rosamund Urwin Comments

Sunday is the new fun-day

Forget depressing Sundays - chill out at a club where you can play games, knit, or learn to dance, says Jasmine Gardner Comments

Let an FBI spy put you at ease

An ex-FBI agent tells Philip Delves Broughton that working out someone's comfort zone can be a valuable business tool Comments

Spread of the Jedhead

Jedward are the most obvious proponents of the sticky-uppy look - but the style crosses boundaries of age, gender, sexuality and taste, says Nick Curtis Comments

Look After London: I’m part of something really beneficial

Zoology graduate Michael Turner could never feel completely satisfied while he was working on jobs unrelated to his degree. He has been volunteering as a conservation officer for the past year Comments

Gadgets that can green your home

The green revolution has left no area untouched, and now a new breed of gadget is using the humble power cable to save energy and money Comments

Smash hit: Andy Murray swings into London

Andy Murray is the sporting hero of Middle England - a strange position for a Scot to find himself in. And after a shaky start with the public, he's learning to play the game, finds Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni Comments

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