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Two houses for me, no jobs for you

06.11.09

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Policeman backs Rangers following Romanian crowd trouble

06.11.09

Rangers' explanation for the crowd disturbances in the Champions League match against Unirea Urziceni has been backed by a top Glasgow policeman who attended the game... more

CDs of the week: Robbie Williams has a cracking comeback album

06.11.09

When Robbie Williams's pleasing, pleading voice is coupled with a background orchestra on Superblind he has something he's never previously come close to: gravitas.... more

Two more held over deadly arson attack

05.11.09

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No Minister - why tycoons like Lord Sugar just can't cut it in politics

05.11.09

This week in New York, Michael Bloomberg won a third term as mayor. Here, the man who most Londoners would want to challenge Boris Johnson has put his foot in it... more

Fantastic Cesc Fabregas joins European football’s elite

05.11.09

Captain puts last season’s woes behind him to steer club towards Champions League, qualification... more

Arsenal on course to deliver something special

05.11.09

Arsene Wenger believes his Arsenal players are on the verge of delivering something special after they continued their superb start to the season with a 4-1 demolition of AZ Alkmaar... more

Kym Marsh crowned Celebrity Mum of the Year

04.11.09

Coronation Street star Kym Marsh has been named Celebrity Mum of the Year.... more

Sir Alan Sugar facing backlash over rant at small firm 'moaners'

04.11.09

Gordon Brown's business tsar Lord Sugar faces calls to be fired after reportedly branding some small firms as 'moaners' who live in 'Disney World'... more

Trains will replace planes in a decade says Virgin chief

04.11.09

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First Ł1,000 rail fare in history of British train travel

03.11.09

The first Ł1,000 fare in the history of Britain’s railways has sparked fresh outrage over the 'ludicrously' high cost of train travel... more

Noel Gallagher: I'm quitting London for Manchester

03.11.09

Noel Gallagher has revealed he is quitting London to head back up north because the capital “has no vibe”.... more

Now it's David Cameron's turn to rally the troops

07.10.09

Oh blimey, it's blood sweat and tears week. Frankly, the Tory party looks a bit disconcerted. It came to Manchester expecting the Nuremberg rally and ended up at an accountant's convention, being told how little money there is to go round and how horrible it's all going to be... more

Conservative Party conference diary

07.10.09

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Conservative conference diary

06.10.09

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Carlos Tevez stopped by police for driving licence check

11.08.09

Premier League footballer Carlos Tevez has been stopped again by police in a driving licence check just six months after his Ł140,000 Bentley was impounded... more

Ł1.1billion rail electrification means years of hold-ups

23.07.09

Commuters face years of delays on one of Britain’s busiest rail lines as it is electrified, after Gordon Brown gave the go ahead to the Ł1.1 billion project... more

Scientists hope drug may help us live longer

08.07.09

Scientists have announced a major breakthrough in creating a pill to make us live longer... more

Cost of ID cards hits Ł5.3 billion

06.05.09

The cost of the Government’s identity card scheme has risen to more than Ł5.3 billion, an official report revealed today as ministers rebuffed new calls for them to be scrapped... more

Pakistanis and Afghans arrested

09.04.09

Police smashed an alleged al Qaeda bomb plot as they arrested 12 men in raids across the north- west of England... more

Virgin train passenger revenues hit the buffers

16.03.09

Virgin Trains users have voted with their feet as the main inter-city service from London to Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow became the first rail company to admit to falling passenger revenues... more

Ł20bn moves to launch bullet trains

29.12.08

Ministers are planning Japanese-style 200mph bullet trains that could take passengers from London to Manchester in 80 minutes... more

What we need is a C-charge holiday

22.12.08

Manchester's overwhelming rejection this month of a congestion charge hammers home what we already knew: by making road pricing its main transport policy, the Government has wasted five years up a blind alley... more

Take That plan biggest tour yet

28.10.08

Take That have confirmed they are to hit the road again for a huge British stadium tour next summer including two nights at Wembley Stadium.... more

£100k-a-week Man United striker Dimitar Berbatov tells Big Issue vendor he's 'skint'

09.09.08

The 27-year-old, who has just signed for Man Utd, declined to buy a copy of the Big Issue last night after enjoying a plush dinner at Manchester's San Carlo restaurant.... more

The moment that football learned money is global

04.09.08

Over the past few years, British business has become used to seeing some of its best-known names fall into foreign hands... more

She may be dressed as an angel but Victoria Beckham forgets to clean her ears

29.08.08

Victoria Beckham did her best to look heavenly as she arrived at Manchester's Harvey Nichols in Manchester today to launch her new perfume. But the angelic-looking star is not always so squeaky clean.... more

Business as usual for cover girl Coleen McLoughlin after Wayne Rooney police quiz

01.08.08

Her husband may be facing a possible assault charge, but if Coleen McLoughlin was concerned she certainly didn't let it show today.... more

That's a loud dress, Nicola! Girls Aloud star hits the town in a rather garish number

14.07.08

Nicola Roberts of Girls Aloud launched herself into Manchester’s nightlife on Saturday night sporting an outrageous combination of bright red hair and a bright pink dress. ... more