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Ernie Els bounces back with a hole-in-one

2009-11-06T08:44:25Z

Ernie Els hit a hole-in-one at the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions event in Shanghai

BA is worst plunger on Footsie after Deutsche drops rating to hold

2009-10-26T09:08:21Z

Shares in British Airways ran into a spot of turbulence this morning, plunging more than 2% which made it the biggest faller among blue chips

All shadows and little substance for Dance Umbrella

2009-10-06T23:00:00Z

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan is a strange opener to Dance Umbrella, which usually programmes the indie and the unexpected.

Sharapova's finally up to speed

2009-09-30T13:51:27Z

Maria Sharapova recovered from a slow start to reach the quarterfinals of Tokyo's Pan Pacific Open with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over Alisa Kleybanova

Finchley boys get on the Goodfoot

2009-09-21T06:47:30Z

Four London street dancers who specialise in 'locking, popping and breaking' have beaten flamenco dancers and classical ballerinas to be named one of the best groups in the world

Baby saved in China storms

2009-08-10T10:47:25Z

A crying baby is carried to safety by a rescuer after Typhoon Morakot struck Taiwan

Troubled RBS is to sell big slice of Asian assets

2009-08-03T08:11:49Z

Stricken Royal Bank of Scotland is expected to sell a big chunk of its Asian assets this week to the ANZ banking group of Australia

Heather Mills bites back: her plan for world domination

2009-07-30T11:29:07Z

Armed with fake bacon, a snooker-playing toyboy and a £20 million divorce settlement, Heather Mills is launching her own offensive against global warming from a vegan café in Hove. Watch out world...

Darkest dawn of the century in longest solar eclipse

2009-07-22T08:04:25Z

Longest solar eclipse of the 21st century plunges great swathes of Asia into near-darkness after dawn

Revealed: The greenest bike ever made

2009-06-17T07:33:16Z

A �3,000 bamboo bike is unveiled as the ultimate green statement for commuters worried that even their cycling damages the planet

Taiwan in a tasty nutshell at Keelung

2009-06-10T23:00:00Z

Keelung goes high on to the list of places David Sexton would recommend to a friend, spending his or her own money.

ANZ raises �1.2bn to buy RBS Asian units

2009-05-27T08:01:04Z

Royal Bank of Scotland's �1.1billion auction of its retail and commercial banking businesses in Asia hotted up today as bidding frontrunner Australia and New Zealand Banking Group said it will raise A$2.5billion (�1.2billion) through a share placing.

London on damage alert after Wall St 12-year low

2009-02-24T14:44:10Z

Dana and RBS help fight Wall Street's 12-year low

2009-02-24T09:35:33Z

Investors on the London stock market today moved to stop the rot after another big sell-off overnight on Wall Street, which saw shares there slump to their lowest since 1997

Pru in bullish mood with �2.5bn surplus

2009-02-20T09:04:39Z

Insurance: The Prudential insisted it has enough cash to survive a slump as bad as the Great Depression as it reported a 5% rise in sales

Pandas leave China on goodwill mission to Taiwan

2008-12-23T08:59:07Z

A pair of pandas took off from China amid heavy security on their long-awaited "goodwill" journey to a new home in Taiwan

Vodafone climbs aboard new mobiles platform at Google

2008-12-10T10:41:14Z

Technology: Mobile phones giant Vodafone has joined 13 other top telecom and chipmaking companies in an alliance to support Google's new phone platform

St Paul�s hits �40m target for cleaning and restoring

2008-11-26T08:53:32Z

Church leaders at St Paul�s Cathedral announced that they have reached their �40 million restoration fund target to coincide with its 300th anniversary

Early morning queue to bag cheap Comme Des Garcons at H&M

2008-11-13T09:54:08Z

Designers and fashion students joined bargain hunters in a huge queue around the block for the Comme Des Garcons collection at H&M

Market report: High Street retailers �in for a grim Christmas�

2008-10-20T08:12:47Z

There will be little festive cheer on the High Street this Christmas as shoppers turn Scrooge and keep a tight grip on their cash

Central banks pump billions into markets to beat freeze

2008-10-07T09:10:56Z

Banking: Central banks pump more than �6.3 billion into money markets, seeking to ease a credit freeze threatening to tip the world economy into a recession

Taste of China

2008-08-20T09:49:39Z

Chinese food is Liz Hoggard's worst nightmare. Here she challenges TV star Ching-He Huang, dubbed 'the new Nigella', to prove it's no hassle to prepare ... and a pleasure to eat

Who's in and who's out

2008-08-18T07:38:02Z

Westwood's rally sparks major hope

2008-08-04T12:05:17Z

Lee Westwood goes to this week's US PGA Championship full of confidence fightback at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

Asian banks hit by debt held in mortgage giants

2008-07-15T08:43:03Z

Asian stock markets dived amid the clearest signs yet of global contagion from the crisis at US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Oil price falls again after dollar revival

2008-06-05T11:17:07Z

Crude oil is again trading lower, down nearly 10% from record highs a fortnight ago

Setting sail on a sea of tranquillity

2008-04-16T23:00:00Z

It is difficult to connect with what the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre troupe conveys despite wonderful performances.

Go west for true Far East flavour

2008-02-13T00:00:00Z

London restaurants are starting to make the most of the incredibly diverse range of Chinese dishes. Here are some of the favourite places.

In need of a stronger storyline

2007-11-22T00:00:00Z

Royston Tan's film, 4.30, is atmospheric and well-shot but needs a stronger storyline to take hold.

Eros through the eras

2006-08-02T23:00:00Z

Film review: The minimalist Three Times presents the same couple in a trio of different eras: the Sixties, the Twenties and the present-day. Beautifully shot, it proves that little changes as far as emotions are concerned.