Masked gunman opens fire on police in Northern Ireland early as republican terrorists are blamed for a new wave of rioting that has led to dozens of officers being injured... more
Comment: Yell is as much a part of history as the Grand Old Duke of York - who chooses to look up a local business on Yell.com when it can be found just as easily on Google?... more
A handful of paintings show Francis Bacon at his neatest, and studio detritus reveals his working methods - but unfinished scraps only damage his reputation.... more
It is, perhaps, the most confusing result possible. After one of the most closely fought and exciting election campaigns in many years, we face a hung parliament, with no party commanding anywhere near an overall majority... more
If David Cameron ends up forming a government, he will need to be his own Chief Whip, managing a coalition and having to renew his mandate daily... more
Security chiefs in Northern Ireland are braced for the risk of further attacks after the Real IRA claimed responsibility for a car bomb explosion outside MI5’s Ulster headquarters... more
The Royal Bank of Scotland may have made the headlines for all the wrong reasons but that has done little damage to its high street and retail franchises such as NatWest and Churchill Insurance... more
Harlequins insisted they would not be rushed into replacing Dean Richards, their disgraced former director of rugby, despite claims they could miss out on Ian McGeechan... more
“All bloggers are gay”. This magisterial judgment, proffered to me by a fellow Westminster journalist not very long ago, summed up the way the mainstream media used to view the upstart “blogosphere”. ... more
There are many playground rumours and urban myths about English A-levels being marked by computers, or by people in Indian call centres marking from check-lists... more
Former undercover reporter Donal MacIntyre and his wife were beaten up in a suburban winebar in a suspected revenge attack for exposing Chelsea football hooligans nine years ago... more
The shooting of two young soldiers at Massereene Barracks has brought back the spectre of war with IRA - something most of us might have thought long gone... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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