Talk about unfortunate timing. Just seven days ago David Cameron was putting the Great back into Britain and trumpeting our country's virtues. Now we learn that the quality of life in Britain is the worst in Europe... more
A team of 12 British bikers are riding 3,500 miles to the scene of the Great Escape during the Second World War to raise money for the Royal British Legion... more
One hundred relatives of Polish tourists involved in a bus crash in which 13 died and 29 were injured arrive in Berlin not knowing if their loved ones are among the victims... more
In the countdown to next week's World Cup finals in South Africa, the Evening Standard's Michael Hart looks back on the 11 tournaments he has covered for this newspaper... more
Birmingham goalkeeper Maik Taylor has two ambitions - helping Northern Ireland reach the World Cup and reclaiming the jersey from Joe Hart at St Andrew's... more
Football: Scottish Football Association officials are eager to step into the breach if Poland and Ukraine are stripped of the 2012 European Championship finals... more
This is the dramatic aftermath of a fatal crash in which a coach carrying more than 70 passengers plunged down a steep embankment and into a garden... more
Scottish artist Simon Starling won last year's Turner Prize for a ramshackle shed which he turned into a boat. Then he tried the same trick on a battered old motor car.... 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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