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Doctors told to cut antibiotic prescriptions

2009-11-09T06:51:39Z

NEW: GPs urged to stop prescribing antibiotics for coughs and colds as overuse is increasing resistance to them, making it more difficult to tackle serious infections like hospital bugs

Soundcheck: Musicians invading new genres

2009-10-23T08:02:30Z

Pop can no longer contain Sufjan Stevens, whose latest album, The BQE, is a multi-format extravaganza. And now there is a fresh ambition among musicians

White out in the wild of Sweden

2009-10-22T08:53:55Z

Sweden�s frozen north is a dramatic, untouched wilderness in which your only companions are polar bears and reindeer, says Kate Eshelby

Helicopter raiders drop in for cash depot heist

2009-09-23T13:39:26Z

Armed robbers 'dressed like Ninjas' swooped in by helicopter today for an audacious raid on a cash depot

Swine flu teenager 'out of danger'

2009-08-13T13:36:22Z

London schoolgirl being treated for swine flu in a Greek hospital is out of danger, it was revealed

Germaine Mason pulls out of World Championships

2009-08-05T10:22:33Z

Olympic high jump silver medallist Germaine Mason today withdrew from the Great Britain team for this month's World Championships in Berlin

Ark no longer an empty vessel as the first tenant since 2000 moves in

2009-07-30T07:50:55Z

One of London's most notorious white elephants will finally echo to the sound of life after lying deserted for almost a decade

Pirate music website founders jailed

2009-04-17T13:42:26Z

The men behind one of the world�s largest illegal downloading sites have been found guilty of breaking copyright law

Best Nordic restaurants in London

2009-03-26T09:05:44Z

Forget Mediterranean, Scandinavian fare is better for your health. Here are some of the best Nordic restaurants in town.

Peculiar allegory in Invasion!

2009-03-17T00:00:00Z

Invasion! is a clever enough idea in theory, but Khemiri isn't a sufficiently strong writer to make this sing dramatically.

Peter, Bj�rn and John are sweet and peculiar

2009-03-06T00:00:00Z

Peter Mor�n, Bj�rn Yttling and John Eriksson are celebrating a decade of beguiling, elegiac but surprisingly rockish whimsy.

Let�s have an Olympic legacy like this

2009-02-17T08:26:00Z

London should take inspiration from Stockholm, Amsterdam, or even Dubai if the benefits from 2012 are to amount to more than fantasy

Squatters quit Mayfair mews and Park Lane group told to go

2009-01-28T15:07:20Z

A group of artist squatters occupying two �15million properties in Park Lane have been ordered to leave by a judge

Smith ends 96 years of hurt to claim his gymnastics bronze

2008-08-18T12:04:55Z

Louis Smith became the first Briton in almost a century to win an individual medal in Olympic gymnastics

Dougherty closes on Cup

2008-08-18T12:34:54Z

With two weeks left in Europe's Ryder Cup race, Nick Dougherty knows his chances could all come down to fitness

Wood set to make bow as professional

2008-07-30T10:33:07Z

Open star Chris Wood will make his professional golf debut at next month's SAS Masters in Stockholm

Idowu golden bid is one step closer

2008-07-23T08:35:31Z

In-form Hackney triple jumper is now even more confident of glory in Beijing after injury rules out his main rival

Mamma Mia! Stunning Meryl Streep, 59, shows off her plunging neckline at premiere

2008-07-18T08:34:46Z

The 59-year-old actress wore a stunning white dress for the premiere of Mamma Mia!.

Is Abba's Agnetha Faltskog finally ready to forgive her bandmates for years of misery?

2008-07-11T21:58:59Z

Although she is now a 58-year-old grandmother, Abba's tortured blonde tells of her 21 year anguish of being in the popular Swedish band

Mamma Mia! Abba reunite for the first time in 22 years for film premiere

2008-07-04T22:01:13Z

Pop supergroup Abba have reunited for the first time in 22 years for the premiere of hit musical Mamma Mia!

Strange stories in That Place

2008-06-26T23:00:00Z

Instead of dealing with the familiar and overloading her work with detail, Mitra Tabrizian goes for the bizarre and the stark, says Ben Lewis.

Prisoners of passion

2008-05-14T23:00:00Z

Stockholm, a dynamic two-hander from Frantic Assembly at the Hampstead Theatre, is a valuable new work that is, in every way, bruising.

Short, sweet and full of energy

2008-03-19T00:00:00Z

Hair drenched with water and tiptoeing amongst microphone stands, Swedish singer Ida Maria, gives the gig of her life. She is one to watch.

Cuckoos fly over the wrong nest

2008-02-28T00:00:00Z

Bounce's Insane In The Brain is no more than a series of so-so dance routines that could be about anything.

Mamma mia, they're still here

2008-01-09T00:00:00Z

After more than 50 years in business the family-run Spaghetti House is not just surviving, it's thriving - with the opening of its 10th restaurant.

Students in the spotlight

2007-06-01T12:44:24Z

It's always great to spot an art bargain but there's an abundance of graduate shows in London righ now - and you have only one pair of legs. That's where Free Range might help.

Swedish delight

2007-05-24T23:00:00Z

If this terrific performance from Shout Out Louds and Loney, Dear is anything to go by, effortless command of melody must be genetic in Sweden.

Here's how to do it, Britney

2007-03-02T13:29:24Z

Stockholm singer Robin Carlsson could teach Britney Spears a thing or two about how to emerge gracefully from a teenage pop career, says David Smyth.

Youth and maturity

2006-11-01T00:00:00Z

Today's youth is typically portrayed with a veneer of deadpan detachment but the 19 subjects of Emma Hardy's small exhibition, Exceptional Youth, are passionate, determined and obsessed.

London's cinemas are most expensive in Europe

2006-10-17T08:01:20Z

Londoners pay more than three times the European average to watch a film, research showed today. An adult ticket for the Odeon in Leicester Square costs up to �17.50.