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Florence Welch was drunk when she started new album

19.10.11
Florence Welch wrote her single 'No Light, No Light' while drunk on a bus at 4am... more

Six arrested after £300m of cocaine is found on yacht

03.08.11
Six suspected members of an international drugs gang have been arrested after Customs seized cocaine with a street value of about £300 million... more

Take-off at Southend

26.07.11
easyJet has announced the destinations it will fly to from its new base Southend airport from April next year... more

Classical clubbing, anyone?

05.07.11
Yellow Lounge already pulls in a younger crowd for classical music in Europe - so how will its London debut fare later this month, asks Igor Toronyi-Lalic... more

£1.4m cache of drugs seized at Heathrow

06.04.11
Drugs worth about £1.4 million have been found by officers at Heathrow in one of the biggest seizures of illegal substances at the airport this year ... more

Jessie J got high in Amsterdam by accident

28.02.11
Jessie J 'accidentally' ate a whole cannabis cake when on tour with Chris Brown in Amsterdam... more

I’m hoping to hit the ground running after my falls

12.01.11
The London Olympics cycling hopeful continues our diary in the countdown to the Games... more

Dutch teacher is held on child porn charges

13.12.10
Nursery school teacher arrested in Amsterdam on suspicion of molesting dozens of very young children and using them in pornographic films... more

3i in deal to buy Dutch Stork Materials for £130m

24.11.10
Private equity firm 3i has struck a deal to buy Netherlands-based materials testing business Stork Materials Technology for £130 million... more

Britons ‘breaking law’ by buying cannabis abroad for pain relief

01.11.10
Patients in pain are travelling to Amsterdam to get legal supplies of cannabis prescribed by Dutch doctors to bring to Britain... more

Amsterdam ferry skipper knocked overboard by freighter

22.10.10
German freighter ploughs into a small Dutch passenger ferry near Amsterdam, turning it over and knocking the skipper into the water... more

Dutch get tough on squatters

01.10.10
Squatters in Amsterdam plan a demonstration against a new law banning their occupation of unused buildings... more

Spanish media reacts to World Cup victory

12.07.10
Spain press celebrate and criticise 'the 11 most quarrelsome Dutchmen in history'... more

Darryll Holland is ready to dazzle again

12.07.10
Holland has a Classic in his sights and hopes to make up for lost time when he returns to action at Epsom... more

Bert van Marwijk says Holland have had 'no choice' but to curb attacking instincts

02.07.10
Both Holland and Brazil have faced criticism for adopting more pragmatic approaches than they have done in the past... more

Giovanni van Bronckhorst: Holland can go all the way

28.06.10
Feyenoord midfielder is convinced Holland can go all the way at the World Cup... more

Bert van Marwijk will let Arjen Robben make decision over his fitness

21.06.10
Holland boss will let winger make his own judgment ahead of Thursday's dead rubber with Cameroon in Cape Town... more

Yuki Abe: Japan need to frustrate Holland

17.06.10
Japan have never gone further than the group stage outside their own country but Abe believes the Blue Samurai stand a good chance of victory... more

Dutch voters join in with Europe’s swing to Right

10.06.10
The pro-business VVD party claims victory in Dutch elections as voters continue a Europe-wide shift to the Right... more

Northern Petroleum confident on Dutch gas fields results

08.06.10
Northern Petroleum expects its production rate to rise by a third this year thanks to the first output from two gas fields in the Netherlands... more

Holland sweat over Arjen Robben injury

07.06.10
Holland boss Bert van Marwijk will have to wait until tomorrow to find out whether winger will be fit for the World Cup... more

London's Mayor ‘can cut cycle deaths and get more on road’

15.03.10
Boris Johnson must do more to stop cyclists being killed to encourage greater numbers onto London’s roads, according to Dutch experts... more

Arsene Wenger's new blend is perfect for Europe

20.10.09
Reflecting on his near miss in the 2006 final, the Gunners boss believes his new boys will go one better... more

Injured Kelly Smith's final promise

07.09.09
England hero Kelly Smith insists she won't let a long-standing knee injury keep her out of the European Championship final... more

Darryll Holland's extra motivation to break Classic duck

30.04.09
Horse racing: There is growing confidence that Lahaleeb can cause a surprise in the 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket and give jockey Darryll Holland an elusive first British Classic... more

Henry's house of many colours

25.02.09
It pays to have friends in high places, at least it does for London Fashion Week designer Henry Holland whose best friend is Agyness Deyn... more

Cannabis grown by the state

24.11.08
Holland is pioneering cannabis plantations to supply the drug to coffee shops in a bid to cut out criminal gangs... more

Nuts when pregnant can cause asthma in babies

15.07.08
Pregnant women could increase the chances of their children developing asthma if they regularly eat nuts while pregnant, doctors have warned... more

Van Persie fires reminder to Dutch boss

18.06.08
Arsenal striker hopes he has done enough to start for Holland in their quarter-final... more


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