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CDs of the week: Example and The Rapture

02.09.11
Our critics round-up this week's biggest music releases...... more

Journey's End, Duke of York's - review

29.07.11
Before he wrote Journey's End, R C Sherriff was an insurance agent knocking out plays to raise funds for his local rowing club... more

Angry driver used bus 'like a weapon' to shunt small car

30.06.11
A bus driver who rammed a Ford Fiesta into the path of oncoming traffic with his double decker has been told he faces jail... more

Tornadoes leave 45 dead as they sweep across US

18.04.11
Tornadoes killed at least 45 people in the southern US as homes were ripped from their foundations and cars were overturned... more

Ex-US Marine faces jail after admitting smuggling guns into Britain

03.03.11
Former Marine accused of smuggling handguns into the UK in his luggage has pleaded guilty to two of the 50 charges put against him... more

Sales of pistol used by Arizona killer soar by 60 per cent ‘to protect families’

12.01.11
Sales of the semi-automatic pistol used in the Tucson shooting have risen hugely since the attack... more

Apprentice contender quits show to be with injured soldier brother

13.10.10
Apprentice contender Raleigh Addington reveals he quit the show to dash to his brother's side after he was badly wounded serving in Afghanistan... more

Baronet's widow facing prison over £90,000 benefits fraud

22.09.10
Baronet's widow faces jail after being found guilty of helping her boyfriend in a £90,000 benefits scam... more

Neighbours’ fury as Vera Lynn sings again (and again...)

07.09.10
Neighbours living next to an Age Concern centre say the charity has made itself a noise nuisance by blasting out wartime songs... more

US soldiers ask Iraqi boys 'if they will be terrorists' in Facebook video

25.05.10
The US army is investigating a soldier who posted a video on Facebook which shows Iraqi children being asked if they are gay or going to “grow up to be a terrorist"... more

Family launch sports trust in memory of ski death graduate Myles Robinson

21.01.10
Relatives of the young Briton who was found dead in a Swiss ski resort launch a charitable foundation in his name... more

Mexican drug barons seized in nationwide American swoop

23.10.09
More than 300 people have been arrested in drugs raids across the US in the largest single strike at Mexico's drug operations in America... more

Body parts man jailed

06.10.09
A man who illegally sold body parts for transplant from donated cadavers has been jailed for eight years... more

Style riders: the new breed of cyclists in London

14.09.09
Forget Lycra and fluorescent jackets: there is a new breed of cyclist who cruises along on a Pashley in floaty chiffon and high heels ... more

The day Boris Johnson went strikebusting

11.06.09
As the RMT threatened to bring London to a halt, Stephen Robinson spent 24 hours with a Mayor intent on keeping the capital moving.... more

Lorries are the threat to London's cyclists, not cars

05.06.09
If I was Mayor I'd restrict vehicles of a certain size and weight in central London to defined, off-peak hours... more

City law firms pay trainees £10,000 to take a gap year

04.03.09
City law firms are paying graduates thousands of pounds not to start work for a year after being hit by the recession... more

Yoghurt is health kick for Apple

09.01.09
Where do you go if you want the inside scoop on Steve Jobs’s health? Try the reclusive Apple CEO’s favourite yoghurt store... more

Shades of Blackadder in Elizabeth & Raleigh

15.10.08
It is impossible to produce an irreverent historical comedy without inviting comparisons with Blackadder and Elizabeth & Raleigh knows it.... more

The Millais model

28.09.07
A new exhibition of the works of Millais at the Tate Britain seeks to revive the artist's foundering reputation.... more

Lost in paradise

30.04.07
Two exhibitions that promise to explore the wonders of the New World frustrate as much as they fascinate, says Brian Sewell.... more


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