Thanks a bunch, thunderpants. Umar Abdulmutallab's botched attempt at roasting his Christmas Day chestnuts will now constipate our airports yet further with body scanners, sniffer dogs and Perspex bins filled with confiscated boxer shorts... more
Businesses in London are more confident about the future than at any time in the last 18 months - but they still worry about the capital's long-term status as a "world city"... more
It is a basic rule of capitalism that when a company stumbles, nimble new competitors come into the market to kick it when it is down and to try to grab its business. It is a rule that holds true for most sectors, provided the barriers to entry are not too daunting.
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The mastermind of the September 11 attacks on America was “waterboarded” 183 times by the CIA, it emerged as new details of torture sessions were revealed... more
Foreign secretary David Miliband faces claims of a cover-up over allegations that British security services colluded in the torture of a terror suspect... 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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