Students should spend less time at university so they can save money and get into work more quickly, says one of the City’s top professional bodies... more
Chief executive Mark Clare gave a fluent summary ahead of next week’s full-year results of how he has navigated the business through the worst storms in Barratt’s 47-year history and into today’s relatively quiet waters... more
Hotel review: Liz Hoggard stays in The Grove near Rickmansworth, where she was offered the chance to do a "best life" retreat run by life coach Nina Grunfeld... more
An Army captain aged 26 who was educated in Rickmansworth has been named as one of two British servicemen killed by an explosion in southern Afghanistan earlier this week... more
TV presenter Mark Speight killed himself after his actress girlfriend died from an overdose. Then his mother, worn out by the stress of the tragedy, had a fatal stroke. Now Mark’s father talks for the first time about the nightmare year and his plan to celebrate his son ... more
A millionaire awarded £85,000 compensation after his home was damaged during filming of a movie starring Bond actor Daniel Craig described his "15 months of torment"... more
The first of two nights at KoKo for Natasha Khan, aka Bat for Lashes, was a curiously flat affair and her music deserved better than a wretched sound.... 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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