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Warthog and cheetah in battle of tooth and claw

07.10.09
This cheetah got more than it bargained for after feasting on a warthog piglet... more

Hilary Mantel wins the Booker with Tudor novel

07.10.09
Bookies' favourite Hilary Mantel scooped the Man Booker Prize for Fiction for her 'demanding' novel about Henry VIII's adviser Thomas Cromwell... more

Constant trickle of positive news causes Footsie to breach 5000

09.09.09
Shares on the London stock market soared again, breaching the 5000 level for the first time since September last year... more

Footsie ploughs on upward — but how long can it last?

24.07.09
London’s leading shares resumed their unusual summer rally after an early-morning wobble today, and were heading for a tenth straight day of gains... more

The cash kings

08.04.09
The recession isn’t hurting everybody. These 20 tycoons sold out before the going got tough and now they’re sitting on vast fortunes — while the City watches their every move... more

Diamond in the rough

03.04.09
Prince Charles’s jeweller Garrard has been through rocky times. Can newly appointed designer Stephen Webster bring back the sparkle and entice William to pop in for that engagement ring?... more

Brokers split over future of Barclays

30.03.09
Brokers are split over prospects for Barclays in the wake of last week’s spectacular gains in its share price which accrued after passing the Financial Services Authority’s stress test with flying colours... more

Morgan Tsvangirai: Crash was accident

09.03.09
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says that a car crash which injured him and killed his wife was an accident... more

Oxfam asks for £4m to ease cholera's grip on Zimbabwe

18.12.08
Seasonal rains in Zimbabwe have increased fears that the country's cholera epidemic could worsen and spreadinto neighbouring countries... more

Miliband: Mugabe's misrule is a disease

16.12.08
Robert Mugabe was accused of "misrule and corruption" by Britain's Foreign Secretary as Zimbabwe's cholera crisis worsened... more

Red alert as cholera crisis spreads to Zimbabwe's neighbours

09.12.08
Zimbabwe's neighbouring countries are on red alert as the cholera epidemic continued its devastating rampage across their borders... more

Unpaid soldiers will be Mugabe's final undoing

08.12.08
Anyone who cares about Zimbabwe and Africa may applaud Archbishop John Sentamu's call for the removal of Robert Mugabe from power, but his voice is more like one crying in the wilderness rather than a call to practical action. ... more

DVDs of the week

28.10.08
Without Robert Downey Jr's winning charm Iron Man would be a disaster. ... more

Oh brother, Chelsy! The internet photographs that embarrass another potential Royal in-law

14.09.08
The modern breed of well-connected youngster has little time for etiquette – as shown by this embarrassing picture of Chelsy Davy’s brother Shaun sharing a pair of underpants with his girlfriend.... more

Squaw blimey! A 'Wild West' Eugenie joins Harry and Chelsy for a Royal night out

05.09.08
The young royals stepped out to party at their favourite nightspot Boujis. with Prince Harry holding on tight to girlfriend Chelsy Davy. But the young couple didn't look as if they'd enjoyed themselves, as they emerged from the club looking rather glum-faced. ... more

A safari to the shops for Chelsy the Chelsea girl

22.08.08
After a romantic safari in Botswana with Prince Harry, his girlfriend Chelsy Davy returned to the urban jungle with a bout of serious shopping. ... more

How a dusty Botswana garage became the No 1 Ladies' Opera House, by author McCall Smith

21.06.08
Alexander McCall Smith enthralled millions with his bestselling tales of a detective agency in Botswana. Now he reveals his latest and most ambitious project. ... more

Chelsy snubbed again: No Autumn wedding for the Cinderella of the Royals

23.03.08
Prince Harry and Chelsy Davy's joy at being reunited after his tour of duty in Afghanistan has been soured, I can reveal, by a pointed snub by other members of the Royal Family ... more

London loses in diamond switch

19.03.08
Hundreds of diamond industry jobs to be axed in London's Hatton Garden district... more

Tributes at premiere of Minghella's final film

19.03.08
The premiere of Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella's final film became a celebration of his life with tributes led by BBC Director General Mark Thompson... more

Sly men and monsters

19.02.08
As the film version of the hit books The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency prepares to hit the screens, we chat to Zimbabwean actor Lucia Msamati.... more

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