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Two cows stolen from Brad Pitt's movie

22.08.11
Two cows have been stolen from the set of Brad Pitt's latest film 'World War Z' in a field at the Grangemouth oil refinery in Falkirk, Scotland... more

City Spy: Too diplomatic about eyeful at US Embassy

19.07.11
Nine blocks of flats, up to 23 storeys high, are set to be built around the new US embassy in Nine Elms... more

Charles and Camilla to tour Scotland on charity trip

31.05.11
The Prince of Wales is to embark on a royal tour of Scotland, visiting a number of projects supported by his charities... more

Suspect packages sent to Neil Lennon: Two men to appear in court

13.05.11
Men detained for explosives offences - football chiefs say the recent incidents have brought shame on the Scottish game... more

Police investigating Celtic parcel bombs intercept suspect item

27.04.11
Another suspect package has been intercepted by police investigating parcel bombs sent to Celtic manager Neil Lennon and two high-profile supporters of the club... more

Man jailed for three years over bomb hoax on plane

08.04.11
Car worker whose 'idiotic' behaviour triggered a bomb scare on an airliner heading to Britain from the Middle East was given a three-year jail term ... more

Airgun attack: third teenager faces court

25.02.11
Third teenager due in court in connection with an airgun attack near a school in which 11 youngsters were injured ... more

Gunman opens fire at secondary school

23.02.11
Up to six schoolchildren were hurt in a shooting involving an air weapon, it was reported... more

Plan B? Christmas with Boris

23.12.10
Prudent Londoners know the weather has the upper hand. We asked some convivial souls what contingency plans they have in place for the big day... more

Prince Charles’s £20m gift for estate ‘won’t hurt charities’

09.09.10
Clarence House denies charities supported by Prince Charles are facing funding problems after his plans to create a second “model village” were blighted by the property market crash... more

Bill Shankly’s spirit will never sleep now rich men haunt football

09.08.10
What would the former Liverpool manager make of the vultures waiting to pick over the carcass of the debt-ravaged club? ... more

Hotel review : Swing low on the high road at Gleneagles

21.04.10
Scotland the brave — well, you need a bit of courage to hack its legendary golf courses in a wintry storm.... more

Olympics queen looks beyond London 2012

26.03.10
Olympics Analysis: The third in the Standard's series on how business hopes to benefit from London 2012... more

Selling success: the art of self-promotion

12.03.10
The path to promotion passes through the office of a ferocious young etiquette expert who ritually humiliates her clients before transforming them into boardroom lions... more

Nicola Benedetti's fears over suspected stalker

08.03.10
Violinist Nicola Benedetti tells of fears after stalker’s bid to get into flat ... more

Winter Olympics: Great Britons - where are they now?

04.02.10
Whatever happenend to Eddie the Eagle Edwards and curling champion Rhona Martin?... more

Three restaurants for game

14.08.09
We've found three London restaurants famous for seasonal game...... more

Bad weather hits The Open

17.07.09
Rain and high winds were threatening to send scores soaring at The Open... more

Little-known German has the class to net himself the big one

16.07.09
Martin Kaymer can join the list of shock Open winners even though the relative rookie is bidding for his third win in a row... more

Open Championship will be 'brute of a test'

09.07.09
Colin Montgomerie has warned that Turnberry is shaping up to be a brute of a test at next week's Open Championship... more

Duo locked in British Energy stake talks

03.04.09
Centrica and French utility EDF were reported to be at loggerheads over the planned sale of a 25% stake in nuclear generator British Energy... more

Crucial spirit is lacking in elegant tale of lost love

27.01.09
Ian McDiarmid’s misguided stage adaptation of Andrew O’Hagan’s poignant novel Be Near Me at the Donmar Warehouse is greatly diminished by cutting out crucial figures from the book.... more

Take a shot at Burns night

23.01.09
Raise a dram to the great Scots poet at one of London's wicked whisky bars... more

No murders at Jersey home, says police chief

12.11.08
The new police chief in charge of the Jersey child abuse investigation ruled out murder as he expressed "much regret" at inaccurate information provided by his predecessors... more

Norman suffers Open misery

24.07.08
Open hero Greg Norman suffers a dramatic change of fortune at the British Seniors Open at Troon... more

Old school coach gives Padraig new horizons

22.07.08
The Open winner has total faith in veteran swing guru, Bob Torrance, who believes his man has the game to dominate America... more

Return of the summer circus act: Meet the 16 Big Brother contenders

05.06.08
The latest bunch of attention-seeking exhibitionists and eccentrics, unveiled on Big Brother last night, look likely to take the show back to its outrageous worst.... more

Elvis's secret sightseeing tour of London

22.04.08
Elvis Presley once paid a secret visit to London, it has been revealed. For 50 years it was believed the singer had never set foot in England - a brief visit to Scotland his only time in Britain... more

Bargain breakfast is the new power lunch

23.01.07
Forget having lunch or dinner at London's smartest restaurants - take breakfast there instead, says Emily Parsons.... more


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