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Councils to use 'Al Capone' powers on small-time offenders

28.10.09
Councils are to get police-style 'Al Capone' powers to search homes, seize cash and freeze bank accounts... more

How we’ve sidestepped bankruptcy pain

08.10.09
The great paradox of this recession is how few firms have gone bust. Here we are with the most abrupt and severe downturn since the depression of the 1930s, and yet businesses seem to be surviving it far better than anyone had predicted and with a remarkably low rate of major-name casualties. Woolworths has gone but among high-profile firms, even in the vulnerable retail sector, that is about it ... more

Conservative chairman bans champagne at conference

05.10.09
Tory chairman Eric Pickles imposes a champagne ban on visitors to the party's annual conference... more

Funny men in Night at the Museum 2

22.05.09
Ben Stiller calls in the kings of comedy for a Night at the Museum sequel that outclasses the original and scales the heights of absurdity.... more

These expenses scams violate the spirit of the law – and MPs know it

07.04.09
It may not be fraud but as accusations of diddling the taxpayer reach the top of government we are owed more than excuses from those we elect... more

Landlord cleared of taking bribe to save Amy Winehouse's husband from jail

25.06.08
A pub landlord assaulted by Amy Winehouse's husband was today cleared of accepting a £200,000 bribe to keep the thug out of jail.... more

Prison break: Posh and Becks escape to Alcatraz with the kids

23.06.08
They're used to luxury surrounds, but the Beckham children got a education in hard living during a visit to Alcatraz yesterday. ... more

True or false?

10.03.08
We often complain that you cannot believe a word politicians say. The Evening Standard puts that claim to the test... more

Gangster gets his second wind

21.02.08
The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui is a tale of two halves. Overburdened before the interval, it picks up exponentially in the second half.... more

A Polynesian paradise close to home

20.08.07
Mahiki - the hugely popular, hugely trendy cocktail-bar-cum-island-grill on Dover Street - is as comfortable as your favourite holiday destination, says Mark Bolland.... more

Crockett? Johnson is more Tubs as main Guy

19.01.07
Casting Don Johnson, best remembered as smoothie detective Sonny Crockett in Miami Vice, as Nathan Detroit in spiv musical Guys And Dolls was always going to be a high-risk gamble. ... more

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