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Kidnapped yacht couple 'refusing to eat'

16.11.09
British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean are refusing to eat or drink, their captors said... more

I've had my fill of these insincere charity chuggers

09.11.09
"Hello! How are you today ?" The smiling young woman who approaches me outside Farringdon Tube wants just a couple of minutes of my time... more

Yacht couple: Pirates stormed boat as we slept

29.10.09
NEW: British hostage tells how he and his wife were captured by pirates as they slept on their boat in the Indian Ocean... more

Pirates' threat to kill Britons and 'burn their bones'

28.10.09
Pirates holding Paul and Rachel Chandler to ransom threaten to kill them and 'burn their bones' if any rescue attempt was made... more

British yacht couple kidnapped by Somali pirates

27.10.09
Pirates are holding a British couple to ransom after storming their yacht in the Indian Ocean off the Seychelles... more

Tsunami: Fact File

30.09.09
On 29th September a powerful Pacific Ocean earthquake triggered giant tsunami waves that devastated areas of the Samoan Islands. Here is a more in depth look at tsunamis and their formation.... more

Life on a South African game reserve

11.09.09
On the Getty family’s South African game reserve, charging lions, sunbathing cheetahs and inquisitive rhinos are the stuff of everyday life. And for Jessica Getty, ensuring their survival is a life’s work... more

Good Indian food without fuss

10.09.09
Noiya Indian Kitchen and Bar is neither conventional nor pretentious, and makes an intelligent addition to the city’s stock of Indian restaurants... more

I’ve made it! Briton, 17, is home after his record solo sail round the world

27.08.09
Boy yachtsman Mike Perham celebrates becoming the youngest person to sail around the world single-handed... more

Jet crash girl, 12, tells how she clung to debris as others died

25.08.09
Girl who was the only survivor of a plane crash in which 152 crew and passengers died spoke publicly for the first time about her ordeal... more

Arabian sights in Oman

10.07.09
Inspired by the tale of a 19th-century aristocrat who eloped with a Bedouin chieftan, Daisy Prince quits the luxuries of Muscat for the romance of Oman's rolling sands and dark-eyed tribesmen ... more

Air crash girl clung to debris for 12 hours in ocean

01.07.09
Teenage girl who was the sole survivor of a plane crash in the Indian Ocean could not swim and did not have a life jacket... more

Girl, 14, is only jet crash survivor

30.06.09
Teenage girl was rescued from the Indian Ocean after a plane crashed amid fears that everyone else on board has died... more

There's been plenty of fun and games but now I'm ready to earn my spot in the Tests

12.06.09
Rugby union: The match with Western Province tomorrow is my final trial to win a First Test place against South Africa and I realise there is a danger I might try too hard because the prize on offer is so great... more

Lionel Richie's £1m just to sing for Sir Philip Green

09.06.09
Lionel Richie will be counting his money "all night long" tonight after a healthy payday from Topshop tycoon Sir Philip Green.... more

Terror leader sabotaged peace deals as he clung to power

18.05.09
He transformed a small band of poorly armed rebels into one of the world’s most sophisticated and ruthless insurgencies and then made a string of miscalculations that led his Tamil Tigers to total defeat... more

UK urges Sri Lanka ceasefire

13.05.09
Britain and America have urged both sides in the Sri Lanka conflict to lay down their weapons immediately and allow civilians to be evacuated... more

Gordon has got private jet bug

12.05.09
Air Partner, the listed aircraft-charter company that has hitherto been famous for supply the Boeing jetliners to transport guests of Sir Philip Green to his various Indian Ocean parties, has signed up two new clients: Gordon Brown and David Miliband ... more

Pirates hijack British ship

06.04.09
A British-owned cargo ship has been hijacked by Somali pirates... more

Briton on round the world voyage is killed by pirates in Thailand

24.03.09
A British sailor has been bludgeoned to death by pirates attempting to steal his dinghy... more

Rebels force president of Madagascar to step down

17.03.09
The president of Madagascar has agreed to step down, the day after troops loyal to the opposition stormed his palace in the capital... more

CDs of the week

06.03.09
There are hints of Kate Bush from Polly Scattergood, Starsailor are as overwrought as ever and there's something French about Davy Sicard.... more

Terror can’t kill cricket’s healing passion

04.03.09
Cricket has been known for many things: a kind of bucolic dream, shadows lengthening on the ground, the village blacksmith as fast bowler and, in this part of the world, as possessing a quality of Englishness... more

Trishna arrives in London

26.11.08
Trishna, the British offshoot of one of the subcontinent's great restaurants, cannot match its namesake.... more

Ex marks the hotspot as Hugh joins Liz in St Tropez

27.08.08
Elizabeth Hurley wears sunny yellow on a yacht off the French Riviera with both her husband Arun Nayar and ex-boyfriend Hugh Grant present... more

My 10 easy secrets for building a better life

27.08.08
In the second part of our Quality of Life series, Lindsay Nicholson — who lost her husband and daughter to leukaemia then beat cancer herself — reveals what she has learned from adversity, while therapist Derek Draper combats the pressures of work... more

'Thank God for my brother Lorenzo': A sister's story of love, hope and duty

01.06.08
His parents' battle to find a cure for his devastating illness inspired the film Lorenzo's Oil. Now, on his death, his sister writes movingly of a life that taught her the meaning of hope. ... more

Femme fatale Petra Nemcova sets pulses racing with a sizzling lingerie shoot

13.03.08
Czech supermodel Petra Nemcova has stripped off for a racy new photo shoot for a lingerie label. She stars in a new campaign for Tres Jolie, which means 'very pretty' in French, and she certainly lived up to its name, posing in a series of skimpy outfits from the range. The 28-year-old set tongues wagging at last month's Oscars after she arrived arm-in-arm with actor Sean Penn, 47, who recently split up with his wife, Robin Wright Penn, after 11 years of marriage... more

Not quite fluent in French

05.03.08
Côte is the first of a proposed new restaurant chain from the men behind Strada, but it needs to get more authentically Gallic, says Fay Maschler. ... more

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