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Camelot chief gets a £1.8m payout

14.10.09
National Lottery owner Camelot’s chief executive Dianne Thompson scooped £1.8 million in pay and bonuses last year, its annual report showed ... more

Now more than ever, the Lottery can do some good

29.09.09
The Tories want to change how the huge sums raised are handed out — and plenty of projects need support... more

Public asked to sponsor athletes by Olympics chiefs

29.09.09
Taxpayers will be asked to do their patriotic duty by sponsoring British athletes competing at the London Olympics in 2012 to make up for a shortfall in government funding... more

Derren Brown plans to put casino in a spin

17.09.09
Derren Brown is hoping his number is up once more - to win a fortune for a member of the public at a casino... more

Illusionist Derren Brown claims successful lottery prediction

10.09.09
Illusionist Derren Brown is to explain how he apparently correctly predicted the National Lottery numbers live on TV... more

Prince and Prime Minister will attend 65th D-Day anniversary

19.05.09
Prince Charles will accompany Prime Minister Gordon Brown to this year’s 65th anniversary D-Day commemorations in France... more

EuroMillions jackpot hits £110m

05.05.09
An estimated £110 million is up for grabs in this Friday's EuroMillions lottery jackpot... more

The virtual street where children can learn about real dangers

05.05.09
A virtual street featuring computer-generated gangs, drug-dealers and paedophiles is to be built in south London to teach children how to cope with the dangers of real life... more

De La Rue denies a cheap sale of Camelot

20.04.09
Banknote printer De La Rue admitted it is considering selling its stake in the National Lottery operator Camelot but denies it will be at a knockdown price... more

Revamp by Sportech makes football pools a draw again

24.03.09
After 15 years of National Lottery-induced pain and more than nine million lost customers, the football pools are fighting back... more

Baroness remains at UK sport helm for Olympic run-up

13.03.09
Baroness Campbell has been reappointed as the chair of UK Sport, Culture Secretary Andy Burnham has announced... more

Hampstead celebrity residents fight plan for road across heath

30.01.09
Thousands of residents - including actor Michael Palin and film director Ken Loach - have joined forces to fight plans to build a road across Hampstead Heath... more

To save the day, Gordon, you have to tax the rich

25.11.08
During the heady days of the boom, I used to opine regularly that the National Lottery was a tax on stupidity, the odds of winning the jackpot being so infinitesimal... more

Tote sign Hull boss Brown to promote record Scoop6 bet

18.11.08
Hull City manager Phil Brown has been signed up by the Tote to help promote the Scoop6... more

Seizure is rhapsody in blue crystal

01.10.08
Just north of Elephant and Castle, in an unlikely housing estate, something beautiful and deadly is blooming by artist Roger Hiorns. ... more

Seizure is rhapsody in blue crystal

01.10.08
Just north of Elephant and Castle, in an unlikely housing estate, something beautiful and deadly is blooming by artist Roger Hiorns. ... more

Tories promise extra £58m for sports funding

26.08.08
Future Olympic hopefuls will get an extra £58million a year in sports funding under Tory plans to reform the National Lottery... more

Crystal Method for Roger Hiorns

26.08.08
Roger Hiorns has taken a derelict London bedsit and filled it with a toxic, ever-expanding chemical sculpture. He promises spectacular results.... more

Keep Lottery cash flowing for future urges Major

19.08.08
Future British Olympic success will be in jeopardy if ministers shift Lottery funding away from grassroots sport, former prime minister Sir John Major warned... more

'Out-of touch' Arts Council upset too many people over funding

30.07.08
A damning report on Arts Council England's funding process branded the organisation "unhelpfully cumbersome", "impersonal" and out of touch... more

The inner city turns green

17.07.08
A park created on industrial wasteland in inner London has been named as one of the best in Britain... more

Youth music launched at National Gallery

24.10.07
The National Gallery will echo to the sounds of jazz, rap, rock and drumming as Youth Music week kicks off.... more

'Film bluffs' fib about favourite movies

13.04.07
Britain is a nation of "film bluffs" with many people lying about the films they have seen and their favourite titles in a bid to appear more intellectual, according to a new survey.... more

Golden age for Britain's museums

13.12.06
Museums are undergoing a golden age in popularity, with 43 per cent of the population saying they have visited a museum or gallery at least once in the last year. ... more

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