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To be Frank, he�s a heroin of our time

2009-11-23T07:58:42Z

Shooting new film: Eva Green and Ewan McGregor, on the set of The Last Word, on the River Clyde in Scotland

Guus Hiddink ponders his future after Russia failure

2009-11-19T08:54:41Z

Guus Hiddink needs "time for thought" over his future after his Russia side failed to qualify for next summer's World Cup

The best books of the year

2009-11-19T12:55:23Z

Our reviewers name the titles that have meant the most to them over the past 12 months

Regal fined �600,000 over share-ramping

2009-11-17T08:25:57Z

One of the biggest share-ramping scandals of recent times has ended in a record �600,000 fine for Regal Petroleum and public censure by the Stock Exchange

World Cup qualifying: group scenarios

2009-10-12T14:01:46Z

A close examination of the complicated process that is World Cup qualifying and a look at some of the big teams who have been struggling

Funny things happen in Driving Aphrodite

2009-10-01T23:00:00Z

There are some films na�ve enough to make cynics splutter but sentimentalists coo. Driving Aphrodite is one of them.

UK surgeon uses stem cells to fix heart in world-first op

2009-09-24T06:55:40Z

British surgeon saves dying patient by giving him an artificial heart and injecting him with stem cells to rebuild the damaged muscle, in a procedure believed to be a world first

Scott Loach saves the day for Stuart Pearce

2009-09-09T07:37:45Z

Stuart Pearce was grateful for the form of keeper Scott Loach as England Under-21s held on for a European Championship qualifying point in Greece

Daniel Sturridge�s hot test

2009-09-08T08:28:47Z

Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge feels England Under-21s can claim �ultimate success� if they can chalk up another European Championship qualifying win in Greece

Briton killed in Greek mountain plunge

2009-09-04T11:14:24Z

Firemen get breathing space in battle to protect Athens

2009-08-24T07:53:42Z

Exhausted Greek firefighters were scrambling to exploit a lull in the high winds which have forced thousands of residents to flee their homes in Athens

Mass graves could be used in autumn bout of swine flu

2009-08-19T08:03:44Z

Preparations are under way to create mass graves to cope with a second outbreak of swine flu in the autumn

Londoner accused of killing teenager faces years on remand in Greek jails

2009-08-10T08:40:06Z

Family of a London student extradited to Greece over the death of a British tourist told of their fears that he may spend two years in jail before his trial begins

London girl, 16, is critically ill with swine flu in Greece

2009-07-30T08:28:07Z

London schoolgirl fights for her life in a Greek hospital after contracting swine flu while on holiday

London student accused of nightclub death faces court

2009-07-27T07:26:28Z

London student was set to appear in a Greek court today accused of killing a British youth roller hockey player during a nightclub brawl

War story reduced to a soap in Fugitive Pieces

2009-05-28T23:00:00Z

An adaptation of Anne Michaels's prize-winning novel, Fugitive Pieces reduces the Holocaust and its aftermath to a cosy soap opera.

Discover ancient and modern Greece

2009-05-27T08:23:49Z

Next month Athens unveils its new Acropolis Museum. Charlotte Ross combines a historic preview with the best of Greece today

Bluffer's guide to the G20 summit

2009-04-01T08:35:50Z

What to expect over the next few days...

Greek demos spread to London

2008-12-08T15:22:58Z

Chaotic scenes erupted at the Greek Embassy in London as demonstrators burned the country's flag in protest over the killing of a teenager in Athens

TUI profits up as Britons keep flying to the sun

2008-11-27T08:41:15Z

Leisure: The annual summer holiday is a necessity despite the tough economic climate - but Britons are taking shorter flights in search of the sun

Relics of a Golden Empire in Byzantium 330-1453

2008-10-31T00:00:00Z

A thousand years of Byzantine history have been crammed into the Royal Academy � but visitors looking for the wow factor will need to travel further, says Brian Sewell.

We won't let banks go bust, pledge Europe ministers

2008-10-07T13:34:40Z

EU finance ministers have pledged to prevent any major European bank from going bust and announced a new minimum savings guarantee that will protect depositors across the Continent

The trusty bank of my teens has gone

2008-09-25T07:54:06Z

On holiday in Greece last week I paused outside a newsagent to read a British front page. HBOS shares had crashed 48 per cent in a single day. Twenty-four hours later I learned my bank of 25 years was bust

Jamie's olive oil passion 'creating environmental catastrophe'

2008-08-26T10:39:56Z

TV chefs such as Jamie Oliver are causing "environmental catastrophe" by fuelling demand for olive oil, it has been claimed

Student faces Greek trial over nightclub killing

2008-08-12T08:07:07Z

A London student is set to be extradited to Greece where he faces charges of killing a fellow British tourist in a nightclub brawl

Gilberto to cash in with more titles

2008-07-18T11:02:58Z

Gilberto Silva has become one of the highest-paid players in Greece but the former Arsenal midfielder insists that is not the reason he joined Panathinaikos

Oh my gods!

2008-04-10T23:00:00Z

Tate Britain�s exhibition of Neoclassical sculpture is both serious and scholarly. If only the works were displayed as their creators had intended, says Brian Sewell.

Tibet protesters will target torch relay in London

2008-03-28T08:52:51Z

Anti-China activists from across Europe are planning an orchestrated protest when the Olympic torch passes through London next month

Stinkiest Asterix of the lot

2008-01-31T00:00:00Z

Only Alain Delon as Caesar just about keeps the viewer from succumbing to death-by-boredom in Asterix at the Olympic Games.

London's best, and most authentic, kebab

2006-09-28T14:51:12Z