Four years ago, it was inconceivable that any battle for world supremacy in Test cricket would take place without Australia as one of the combatants... more
After Australia’s thrashing in Adelaide, Ricky Ponting’s team are in disarray and changes are expected for ‘round three’ in Perth. Tom Collomosse assesses the leading contenders... more
Accountancy group Vantis may itself face corporate restructuring or insolvency after its board flagged up uncertainty that the firm can continue trading... more
Michael Clarke says England’s resounding victory in the final of the World Twenty20 won’t give them a psychological edge against Australia in the Ashes next winter... more
Australia have named uncapped duo Travis Birt and Steve Smith in its 13-man squad for Friday night's Twenty20 international against Pakistan at the MCG... more
Universities were hardly out of the headlines over the summer. And the looming review of tuition fees promises to keep the temperature high through the autumn and winter too... more
Northgate, the firm powering Britain’s white van man, today admitted its debt level was £32 million higher than it posted in a trading update last Wednesday, blaming the “discrepancy” on an “internal administrative error” ... more
A man whose house was stuffed "from floor to ceiling" with rubbish which eventually filled 17 skips, has been ordered to pay a clean-up bill totalling almost £40,000... more
Students were warned not to go to university in the hope of a better-paid career amid fresh evidence that thousands of graduates end up in menial jobs... more
GMTV presenter Lorraine Kelly has famously said 'life's too short to glower at a lettuce leaf'. But now it seems GMTV's sofa queen has turned into a decidedly unfit couch potato as she unveiled her bulging middle while out in west London with her daughter Rosie, 14.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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